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Two AgriTech support programs open

Two programs supporting innovative SMEs in the agrifood sector, run by the national science agency CSIRO and federally funded innovation network AgriFutures, have opened to applications. CSIRO’s Innovate to...

Time to review govt’s competitive neutrality policy: PC

A review of the federal government’s almost 30-year-old competitive neutrality policy is being urged by the Productivity Commission amid recent moves by the Commonwealth to acquire or stand up...

InnovationAus finalists: Creative Tech Award

There was tremendous competition in the evolving Creative Tech category for the InnovationAus 2023 Awards for Excellence, with three distinctly different companies emerging as finalists – Lumi Media, Voltin...

NSW AI framework could serve as model for govt

A framework developed by the New South Wales government to guide the use of artificial intelligence by public servants could serve as the basis for a national framework now...

Gig Guide: Intelligence watchdog gets first full-time boss

The federal government has appointed Australian National University Associate Professor Jake Blight as its first full-time Independent National Security Legislation Monitor. Associate Professor Blight will be the fifth person...

Australia can be a clean manufacturing ‘powerhouse’: Albo

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government’s vision to turn Australia into a renewable energy superpower will help it become an advanced manufacturing powerhouse. He has also re-emphasised the...

InnovationAus Award finalists: Health Tech category

With global challenges mounting for an ageing population, worrying child mortality rates, pandemics and the effects of poverty and racial discrimination in accessing healthcare, the need for an interconnected...

Digital ID brings Australia’s digital tipping point closer

As Singapore surges towards a 97 per cent digital ID adoption rate, Australia stands at its own digital tipping point.  While Singapore thrives under centralised governance, experts are calling...