Defence Minister Peter Dutton has announced that the federal government will co-fund a three-year $140 million unmanned undersea vehicle development program with military tech firm Anduril. Three Extra Large...
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There has been a “failure” by the Coalition to deliver adequate Defence capability over the last decade, with the cancelling of programs such as the recent drone surveillance initiative...
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Melbourne-based cybersecurity accelerator CyRise will celebrate its fifth anniversary this month with a demo day featuring startups from Australia, Singapore, India, and the United States. It is the first...
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The 21st century will be looked back on as the data century. Data is the new frontier in so many ways. As a species, we are now producing around...
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The bipartisan Senate Committee probing foreign interference through social media has asked to continue in the next Parliament the work it started more than two years ago. The Select...
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The Western Australian government has opened nominations for the 2022 edition of its Innovator of the Year awards with a prize pool of $140,000 on offer. The Western Australian...
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The New South Wales Government on Wednesday shortlisted three groups of companies to establish a key part of Australia’s first renewable energy zone in the state’s central-west. The groups...
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Hypersonix Launch Systems has announced successfully completed benchtop testing of an additively manufactured prototype scramjet engine and its hydrogen fuel system. Announcing the completed tests – conducted at Bulwer...
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The Thodey review of the public service has been a “missed opportunity” so far, and a Labor government would “pick up and run” with its reform agenda, Shadow Treasurer...
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There is an ongoing pandemic. There are skills shortages. There is a war in Europe, and complex and over-lapping geopolitical tensions. There are supply-chain concerns, particularly around semiconductors. And...
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Former Minerals Council chief Mitchell Hooke has been appointed to the federal government’s Entrepreneurs’ Programme advisory committee, with more than half of the committee members added this year. Four...
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The federal government’s $60 million Digital Passenger Declaration is “error riddled” and only works a quarter of the time, according to the public sector union. The Digital Passenger Declaration...
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In a significant shift from recent innovation policy, the Victorian government will take direct equity stakes in high-growth local companies through a new pilot fund, announced as part of...
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US consulting giant Deloitte will be paid nearly $250,000 over three months to review the federal government’s $150 million Moon to Mars program. Launched in late 2020, the Moon...