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Qld defies climate tech slowdown with $78m in startup deals

Queensland’s climate tech sector remains resilient despite national volatility in venture capital funding, recording strong investment activity last financial year, according to a new report. Data from Cut Through...

UK and OpenAI sign new strategic partnership

Britain and ChatGPT maker OpenAI have signed a new strategic partnership to deepen collaboration on AI security research and explore investing in British AI infrastructure, such as data centres....

SA govt extends Southstart funding until 2028

South Australia’s flagship startup festival Southstart has locked in a new $2 million state government funding deal, guaranteeing its annual events will continue to run until 2028. The three-year...

$16m boost for sovereign tech trailblazer companies

Four Australian scaleups developing sovereign technologies in space, clean energy, defence and robotics have secured a combined $16 million in early-stage commercialisation funding under the federal government’s Industry Growth...

ACSC issues warning over Microsoft server software attack

Australian government agencies and businesses are being urged to review their networks for on-premise instances of Microsoft SharePoint Server after hackers exploited a major security flaw in the software....

Govt goes to market for new grant platform technology

The federal government has approached the market for a new SaaS-based platform to administer the $30 billion in Commonwealth grants deployed each year, replacing the troubled Grants Hubs. The...

The Gig Guide: Experts join data standards committee

The federal government has appointed a new 18-member advisory committee of data standards experts to advise on Australia’s digital identity and Consumer Data Right schemes. The Data Standards Advisory...

$5.7m in feasibility grants for local quantum tech

More than a dozen quantum projects have received funding through the second round of the federal government’s Critical Technologies Challenge Program (CTCP), part of a national push to translate...

Britain boosts computing power in $2.1bn AI drive

Britain has set out its plan to invest 1 billion pounds (A$2.06 billion) in computing infrastructure to drive the development of artificial intelligence, which will increase its public compute...

CBA accused of ‘shameful’ tech job offshoring

The Commonwealth Bank has refuted allegations it is offshoring Australian technology jobs to India as the finance union prepares a challenge in the Fair Work Commission that could set...