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WA future health fund seeks new research initiatives

The latest program under the Western Australian government’s Future Health Research and Innovation fund calls on members of the community to propose their own research and innovation initiative. Through...

Queensland moves on data breach notification scheme

The Queensland state government is considering a mandatory data breach notification scheme among several privacy and information sharing reforms in the works. The scheme would force agencies to report...

Local RAT manufacturers still waiting for TGA approval

A Victorian manufacturing facility meant to already be churning out a million Covid-19 rapid antigen tests per month is yet to get off the ground as Australian companies continue...

Gig Guide: Alan Jones new Fishburners interim CEO

Co-working space and digital startup network Fishburners has appointed tech and venture capital veteran Alan Jones as its interim chief executive officer. Mr Jones’ began his experience as a...

Australia’s quantum leap just got real: Chief Scientist

As quantum technologies promise to disrupt conventional computing and its underlying semiconductor industry, a Sydney company’s world first offers a chance for Australia to straddle the change while pushing...

Southern Launch complex targeted by conservation groups

South Australian conservation and environmental protection groups have maintained their opposition to Southern Launch’s proposed launch complex at Whalers Way, with a petition to be submitted to the state’s...

SolarWinds: It’s time to get secure by design

Partner content: The last two years of pandemic lockdowns and instability have required a rapid shift in the way everyone works, from the smallest family-owned company to giant government...

Co-investment is key as Husic hands out bouquets

Newly installed Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has a point to make about the co-investment model that brings government, business and institutional research together to solve challenges and...

We’ll fight to keep quantum ‘heroes’ here: Husic

A small team of physicists in Sydney have been lauded as “national heroes” by new Science and Industry minister Ed Husic after they revealed a quantum computing breakthrough set...

Dan Andrews’ $100m commercialisation fund for Vic uni’s

The Victorian government will provide $100 million in pre-seed investment funding to the state’s nine universities over five years to support research commercialisation. Each university will co-design their own...