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‘Office for AUKUS’ to prepare SA’s subs build

South Australia’s Budget on Thursday will include $5.4 million to establish an Office for AUKUS to bring the massive submarine and technology project to life and act as a...

Milk algorithms, beef e-certs among $6m in regtech grants

Algorithms for milk supply chain audits, beef e-certifications and emissions tracking systems for rice crops are among the 15 projects to share in $6 million in federal regtech grants...

Thales to snap up Australia’s biggest listed cyber firm

Australia’s largest listed cybersecurity firm Tesserent looks set to be acquired by Thales, with the French defence giant making a $176 million offer on Tuesday. Tesserent would retain its...

Subsea autonomous vehicle makers get an underwater sandbox

Australia’s autonomous underwater vehicle sector took a “world-leading” step last month, with a permit-free testing zone launched off the coast of Queensland, greatly diminishing barriers to research and development. Industry leaders...

Gig Guide: CSIRO gains Vic health chief

Victoria’s chief health officer Professor Brett Sutton is moving to CSIRO as the new director of health and biosecurity. Professor Sutton will begin at the national science agency in...

National disability data to flow from next year

A disability data hub with de-identified information shared from state and federal government agencies will be up and running next year and fully operational by 2026, half a decade...

EU approves $13bn in semiconductor research subsidies

Europe will spend €8.1 billion euros (A$13 billion) in state aid on semiconductor research, development and production as part of a new funding package designed to aid the green...

What exactly should we learn from the PwC scandal?

Anyone interested in public policy, including innovation and technology policy, must be interested in what we can call ‘the PwC scandal’. And there are three aspects to the scandal...