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Lessons from Canberra’s latest tech catastrophe

If it wasn’t already obvious, this week’s report into Australia’s scuttled business registers transformation has left no room for misinterpretation. The case for large-scale technology projects in government no...

$10m ARENA grant backs new solar plant in Victoria

Solar PV and thermal storage firm RayGen has been awarded $10 million to improve technology design, lower production costs, and undertake studies in support of a project being deployed...

Online age verification: Govt opts for codes over tech mandate

The Albanese government will not introduce a mandatory age verification regime for online pornography and other adult content, after existing technology options were found to be immature, and will...

DTA primes govt’s data and digital plan

The federal government’s upcoming data and digital strategy will be accompanied by an iterative implementation plan so the new guidance stays relevant through technological changes and can guide new...

Time running out in ‘green hydrogen race’: Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull is urging the Albanese government to ramp up its support for renewable hydrogen projects amid concerns that Australia is falling behind in the global race to stand...

Australia to review defence export controls

Two former bureaucrats, including an ex-competition watchdog boss, will lead an independent review of Australian export control laws that will contemplate the need for greater freedoms to share technology...

Quickstep strikes carbon fibre partnership with Deakin, CRC

Local carbon fibre producer Quickstep has entered a new engineering collaboration with the Sovereign Manufacturing Automation for Composites Cooperative Research Centre and Deakin University’s Institute for Intelligent Systems Research...

Rewiring the Nation: $3b lined up for WA grid transformation

The federal government has committed $3 billion in funding to private sector electricity transmission projects in Western Australia to support the roll-out of renewable energy programs. The concessional loans...

Big Tech tells regulators to focus on ‘outcomes’ not algorithms

The world’s biggest technology companies have dismissed concerns by Australian regulators about the potential for self-preferencing and the lack of competition, recommending that the watchdogs focus on “outcomes” rather...

ARC-funded uni research delivers 3x return: report

Every dollar invested by the Australian Research Council in university research over the last two decades contributed more than $3 to the economy, according to a new evaluation of...