Crypto exchanges and other digital asset platforms will be subject to existing Australian financial services laws, requiring them to provide efficient, honest and fair services while managing conflicts of...
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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has fined X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, more than $600,000 for failing to answer questions on the steps it is taking to...
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Microsoft is considering using small nuclear reactors and microreactors to power its data centres as the company looks to shore up clean energy supply in response to growing demand...
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Legislation intended to put some protections around the government’s identity verification services – including facial recognition – is being rushed and relies on outdated privacy protections, legal experts have...
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Inaugural Space Industry Association of Australia chief executive James Brown has stepped down to compete for selection as a federal senator for New South Wales. Mr Brown, who leaves...
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Fostering the diversity of ideas emerging from countries with small populations like Australia can propel organic growth and progress innovation more rapidly than expected. One example of an innovation...
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Silentium Defence, a deep tech startup spun-out of the Defence department, has made the first sale of its passive radar system in the United States, as it prepares to...
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Defence equipment maker XTEK will move its local manufacturing and R&D operations from Adelaide to the United States, just a week after scoring an Australian government contract that could...
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A new green iron project could be developed in Western Australia, with South Korean steel maker POSCO and French energy company ENGIE teaming up on a pre-feasibility study. The...
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The agency responsible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme accepted Salesforce’s bid to deliver a new customer relationship management system knowing it would be “significantly” more expensive than Microsoft,...
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A Labor-led parliamentary committee has called on government to consider policies that would retain more of the nation’s critical minerals for consumption by domestic industry, at a time when...
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Former Innovation minister Wyatt Roy, one of the primary architects of the Turnbull government’s signature National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA), will deliver the keynote address at the InnovationAus...
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Legislation introduced to the Queensland Parliament on Thursday will establish a mandatory data breach notification scheme for the state’s government agencies, addressing recommendations made half a decade ago. If...
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For Andre Luiten, the launch of Cryoclock was the culmination of more than 20 years of research and hard work. Dr Luiten completed his PhD in Western Australia from...