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Tech forum established in Parliament

A new cross-party forum has been launched in Parliament to drive engagement and understanding on the role of technology and innovation in the future of Australia’s economy. The Parliamentary...

NSW inquiry to probe govt procurement decisions

The purchasing decisions of the former New South Wales government and their impact on the state’s manufacturing sector will be front and centre of a new parliamentary inquiry into...

Closer collaboration with local space sector is key: Defence

Closer collaboration with the local space industry is a key Defence priority according to chief of joint capabilities Lieutenant General John Frewen, with commercial capabilities becoming increasingly important in...

Powerful speakers readied for The Capability Papers

Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley will deliver a lunchtime keynote address to The Capability Papers launch forum at Old Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday, an event that...

$1.6bn research commercialisation program’s false start

The federal government’s $1.6 billion research commercialisation program has stalled again, keeping universities and researchers on hold for the second time. But an administrative process has revealed the first...

Cheesecake bridges: Why govt tech funding needs a rethink

Around one in every 10 dollars spent by the Commonwealth goes to technology. The massive commitment is justified, senior bureaucrats overseeing projects like digital identity say, but how the...

The home-grown IoT tech combating food waste

Every year in Australia about 5 million tonnes of food goes to waste and has to be thrown out. This amount of wasted food is worth $20 billion. And...

Why ‘responsible AI’ has a fundamental flaw

Almost daily, developments in AI make headlines – from updates in regulation, to what’s allowed in schools, numerous copyright and privacy breaches, to the latest in the high-profile Hollywood...

Banks leave Canberra behind on digital ID

Two of Australia’s biggest banks are forging ahead with a digital identity service in the absence of legislation for an economy-wide expansion of the federal government’s national digital identity...

VCs flock to $75m Queensland govt development fund

Venture capitalists are inundating a Queensland government fund announced four months ago to drive innovation in the state, seeking around 10 times the $75 million offered through more than...

BluGlass takes aim at semiconductor manufacturing

For Australian semiconductor developer BluGlass, the launch of its full set of product earlier this year was nearly two decades in the making. The company is commercialising its semiconductor...

Multinationals ‘gaming’ SME procurement rules: Bruce Billson

Multinational businesses are gaming Commonwealth Procurement Rules to maintain their tendering advantage over small and medium- sized enterprises, according to Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson....