The New South Wales government is offering grants up to $100,000 for local companies to trial their bushfire technology in the field under the first program of an R&D...
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Aerospace engineering startup Hypersonix Launch Systems has signed a deal with the University of Sydney to research and build parts for its zero-emissions “hypersonic spaceplane” expected to launch early...
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The federal government has signed contracts worth more than $60 million for the supply of rapid antigen tests this week without a tender process due to “extreme urgency or...
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US consulting giant Deloitte will be paid a further $4.5 million in the first half of this year by the federal government for continued work on the new myGov...
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The federal government should be forced to explain in Parliament why it has gone against independent advice in vetoing research grants according to Labor Senator Kim Carr, who slammed...
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The ABC will require users of its iview streaming service to log-in to continue watching this year, and will share their data with tech giants by default, despite repeated...
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The federal government has finally confirmed that any payments made to employees through the JobKeeper scheme are not eligible for the research and development tax incentive, with companies now...
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University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott is “dismayed” at the acting education minister’s decision to block two of the institution’s research projects from receiving funding, despite the proposals being...
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New South Wales has become the first Australian jurisdiction to launch in-app reporting of positive rapid antigen tests, with a $1000 fine threatened for those who don’t comply. While...
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Any Australian who has paid the slightest attention to the politics of climate change knows that Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s mantra is ‘technology not taxes.’ With technology playing such...
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Sydney quantum pioneer Q-CTRL will significantly expand its presence in America thanks to a US government Small Business Innovation Research grant. Q-CTRL was this week awarded $230,000 in funding...
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Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies plans to launch Australia’s first locally designed and built rocket from Australian soil this year, after kicking off 2022 with a successful test of its...
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More than 60 eminent Australian professors have signed an open letter decrying acting education minister Stuart Robert’s veto of university research funding on “national interest” grounds. Published Tuesday, the...
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In countries like Denmark and Germany, gifts are given on Christmas Eve, rather than Christmas morning. Likewise, on Christmas Eve 2021, 587 groups of researchers at universities around Australia...