The Australian Research Council has appointed Professor Gavin Reid as its executive director for mathematics, physics, chemistry, and earth sciences. Professor Reid is a bioanalytical chemist at the University...
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Imagine if you could choose to have a digital identity established with a ‘trusted digital identity provider’ — and use that to apply for a passport, mobile phone, bank...
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The CSIRO has spun out a new company to prove and commercialise its way of producing hydrogen with 30 per cent less electricity. The technology is aimed at helping...
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Australia is a long way off issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency, according to a final report on pilot projects initiated by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the...
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Australia risks an exodus of artificial intelligence capability and investment if new technology-specific regulations are introduced and the country’s existing copyright regime is tightened, the Tech Council of Australia...
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Reductions in emissions intensity should be considered a productivity measure to encourage the uptake of low-emissions technologies, according to the Albanese government’s first intergenerational report. With existing productivity measurements...
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A Brisbane biotech that makes needle free vaccine delivery patches has been tapped by a global charity to help fight typhoid, the life-threatening disease that infects millions of people...
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A single national space strategy that positions northern Australia as a global launch hub should be developed as a matter of urgency to address “worrying headwinds” facing the sector...
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A boost to Australia’s manufacturing sector should not be the “main logical and rational” response to the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act, according to outgoing Productivity Commission chair Michael...
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Oil and gas giant Santos has rejected two federal government grants intended to support the design of blue hydrogen projects, originally announced a year and a half ago. The...
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Clean energy, data and digital technologies will be key parts of the Albanese government’s response to an intergenerational report forecasting continued challenges to productivity and Australian innovation. Treasurer Jim...
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Leading marine scientist and conservationist Professor Emma Johnston has been appointed to the board of national science agency CSIRO. Professor Johnston, who is the deputy vice-chancellor (research) at Sydney...
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Australia’s eSafety regulator is working to have online safety standards that will force tech giants to scan cloud storage services for illegal and harmful internet content in place before...
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Australia’s competition policy is going under the microscope at Treasury with the support of an outside taskforce, after warnings ineffective merger laws and digital platforms are dragging on productivity....