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University spin-outs should not be an NRF focus: Dalidakis

Technology companies that are spun-out from deep-pocketed universities should not be an investment focus for the National Reconstruction Fund, according to former Victorian minister for small business, innovation and...

Australian news sites open to AI crawlers

Most of the world’s biggest online publishers are not blocking bots from crawling their content to train generative AI, with some notable exceptions including the ABC and Australia’s regional...

Gig Guide: ARC finds new STEM director

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...

It’s time for the government to act on digital ID

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...

CSIRO gets its high heat hydrogen tech out of the lab

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...

Tech Council balks at EU-style AI Act

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...

Count emissions-reduction as productivity: Intergenerational report

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...

Aussie biotech to trial needle-free typhoid vaccinations

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...

Manufacturing boost is no answer to IRA: Outgoing PC chair

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...

Tech and clean energy to combat productivity slump

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...