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Solar Sunshot subsidies to flow from 2026

Solar module manufacturers will start competing for their share of $1 billion in production subsidies within months, with funding expected to flow from mid-2026 to help meet a 10...

A $20m ray of light for energy startup RayGen

Breakthrough Victoria has invested $20 million into local energy startup RayGen Resources to drive the state’s energy transition and boost local manufacturing in the renewables sector. RayGen uses an...

Local Defence suppliers frozen out of security clearances

Local Defence suppliers were locked out of the department’s industry vetting program in the second half of last year last year, stopping as many as 150 companies from obtaining...

AI deployed without checks across government

More than 75 artificial intelligence projects were underway across federal government last year before consistent governance frameworks were in place, raising questions about how agencies could audit the decisions...

‘Mines to medicine’: Push for new SA nuclear industry

Cutting edge cancer diagnosis and treatments could be produced, trialled and exported from South Australia using the waste from locally mined uranium, according to a new report claiming the...

Future Made in Australia: Treasurer rubbishes inflation claims

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rejected “rubbish” claims that the government’s Future Made in Australia manufacturing package is inflationary, insisting the industry intervention will be “responsible in macroeconomic terms”. The...

$5m spotlight on telehealth research

Six telehealth research projects will share in more than $5 million in grants to build an evidence-base for how the service can be best used, after broad uptake during...

Walls come down for dual-use tech trade through AUKUS

Organisations developing dual-use technologies like quantum computing, lasers, sensors, aerospace and propulsion systems will gain easier imports from the US after Australia received a licencing exemption from American regulations....

Maths is ruining the green energy transition story

For years, climate crisis experts and amateurs alike repeatedly told us to ‘Follow the Science’. Most of us couldn’t do that, even when we tried. But virtually everyone publicly...

Gig guide: CSIRO appoints deputy chief exec

CSIRO has appointed Kirsten Rose as deputy chief executive, around six months since her short stint as acting chief executive. Ms Rose has more than 25 years of senior...

$22m global green industry program opens

A new $22 million grant program for Australian and Austrian companies developing technologies that decarbonise hard-to-abate industries has opened to applicants. The Australia – Austria Industrial Decarbonisation Demonstration Partnerships...