The federal government has relaxed a requirement that space operators use third parties when applying to obtain launch licences or permits in a move that promises to save Australian...
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The Department of Defence reduced spending with the Big Four consulting giants by an average 40 per cent in the 2022/23 financial year, the first full 12 month reporting...
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The federal government is considering further support for parts of the RNA sector after helping establish the southern hemisphere’s first commercial mRNA manufacturing capability in Melbourne. The Industry department...
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Australia’s peak business lobby group wants the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund to support fewer industries and be dedicated to critical technologies as part of an overhaul of industrial...
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The Australian Information Industry Association has thrown its weight behind a backbench proposal for a Technology Assessment Office to help policymakers better understand the impact that emerging technologies could...
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The landmark National Reconstruction Fund is a significant achievement for the Albanese government. But since it was unveiled, the goalposts have shifted dramatically and it is no longer enough....
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Australia can recover from its infamous fumble of solar panel manufacturing that saw homegrown technology launch an entire industry in China. But the price of establishing domestic operations is...
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Australia needs to build an end-to-end hydrogen ecosystem across the nation serving multiple hard to abate use-cases in order to meet our 2050 decarbonisation commitments. Avoiding a monopoly trap...
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A $71 million satellite manufacturing hub planned for the outskirts of Canberra has been canned by a consortium of aerospace and defence firms in the wake of the Albanese...
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Governments must pair their new appreciation for innovation and public investment with a co-ordinated strategic approach, according to an eminent innovation expert, who warns money alone won’t overcome decades...
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Silex Systems will establish a $16 million production plant, funded in part by the federal government, to provide companies like Silicon Quantum Computing with a sovereign supply of quantum...
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The leader of the Nationals in the Senate Bridget McKenzie has warned government against being too prescriptive about which technologies will successfully drive the transition to a net zero...
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The Department of Defence has found a new chief data integration officer in Paul Robards, who will oversee the half-a-billion-dollar OneDefence Data Program. He will replace Dr Maria Milosavljevic...
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Australia’s cyber agency will pay Deloitte more than $47,000 a day to help run a threat sharing platform that the consulting giant helped to establish, and which almost no...