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IoT tech helping to keep this Sydney park cool

It may sound like something from a science fiction movie, but the use of Internet of Things and artificial intelligence to effectively air condition city parks is now a...

Mike Pezzullo kept on $915k salary as inquiry rolls on

Mike Pezzullo is still receiving his near $1 million salary despite being stood down as secretary to the Department of Home Affairs over concerns about his relationship with a...

McKinsey met with minister 22 times on cyber strategy

Home Affairs and Cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil met with representatives from her former employer McKinsey & Co 22 times this year as it helped develop Australia’s upcoming cyber strategy....

German-Canadian consortium to deliver SA hydrogen plant

The South Australian government has named energy infrastructure firm ATCO and gas firm BOC as the preferred partners to deliver the core of its $593 million hydrogen jobs plan....

V2food takes alt-meat mainstream

Using cutting-edge technology and Australia’s best researchers, V2food has created what it has dubbed Version 2 of meat. The Australian company spun out of CSIRO now supplies its meat-free,...

A framework to redefine our national innovation mission

The development of Australia’s innovation capability is connected to the pressing need for environmental sustainability due to global warming, and rising security concerns stemming from reliance on supply chains...

ERP app for factories secures seed funding

Sydney-based job management software firm Factory.app has closed a $1.05 million seed funding round to support its ambition of improving the efficiency of small to medium-sized fabricator businesses. The firm...

Alan Finkel on Australia’s clean energy opportunity

The world will decarbonise, fast or slow, hell or high water. The hard part of the transition is more difficult than any deliberate undertaking ever previously contemplated. The very...