Queensland is set to develop its own quantum strategy to capture a greater slice of the nascent sector expected to be worth $4.6 billion to the Australian economy by...
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Australia could become an Asia-Pacific hub for the manufacture of cell and gene therapy products due to the country’s research, clinical trial, and advanced hospital system strengths, according to a...
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On Thursday the Productivity Commission released its annual Trade and Assistance Review. In it, the Commission suggests the federal government’s ambitious plans for a domestic battery manufacturing industry would...
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Australia is unlikely to have a comparative advantage in exporting locally made batteries according to the Productivity Commission’s latest report, as it warns against adopting the “old-school protectionism” growing...
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Budget funding for the federal government’s common enterprise resource planning system known as GovERP has been laid bare for the first time, as the overhaul enters its fifth year with...
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Australia’s research collaboration activity with China is in freefall, with government funding for partnerships plummeting after allegations of foreign interference and intellectual property theft. Analysis of the drop found...
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The first steps in generational reforms to the nation’s higher education sector did not include action on research funding, despite R&D investment in Australia this year continuing a long-term...
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The Western Australian government has awarded grants worth $43 million for technology advanced manufacturing projects through its Investment Attraction Fund, a part of an ambitious drive to diversify the...
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Generative AI could add $115 billion to the Australian economy annually by 2030 based on a modelling scenario of ‘fast adoption’, according to a new report prepared by the...
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One of the federal government’s biggest tech suppliers says it spurned an offer from the lobbying firm linked to former minister Stuart Robert to help it meet ministers and...
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The Albanese government will dismantle a rule forcing university students that failed half their courses to pay up front as part of its response to bold changes proposed by...
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The New South Wales government will pour nearly $7 million into three local quantum spinouts to help commercialise their hardware and software. Sydney-based firms Diraq, Q-CTRL and Quantum Brilliance...
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Australia’s privacy watchdog is still investigating Bunnings and Kmart over the use of facial recognition technology on in-store CCTV footage more than 12 months after the controversial practice was...
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A controversial nuclear waste facility planned for South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula will not go ahead in its current form after Traditional Owners won a legal challenge to stop the...