NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s state Budget this week will include the creation of a new Investment Delivery Authority and $80 million in new innovation funding to support startups. The...
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If everything goes to plan, Gilmour Space Technologies’ ElaraSat satellite bus will be lifted to low earth orbit on Tuesday as a rideshare customer aboard the next SpaceX Transporter-14...
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At a market stall in Berlin run by charity Topio, volunteers help people who want to purge their phones of the influence of US tech firms. Since Donald Trump’s...
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The challenge of commercialising deep tech in Australia has never been about the lack of ideas, talent or ambition, according to outgoing Cicada Innovations chief executive Sally-Ann Williams. But...
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The Western Australian government has unveiled a suite of Budget measures to grow the state’s manufacturing base, including $50 million in grants and low-interest loans for locally-made batteries and...
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Former Australian Ambassador to the United States Arthur Sinodinos has been appointed chair of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, succeeding Mark Baillie, who served as...
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Age assurance technologies are not “guaranteed to be effective” in all applications, with usability among the main issues, an independent trial has found as the deadline for Australia’s social...
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Australia’s first national quantum testbed may still be months from launching, but project lead and University of Queensland Associate Professor Arkady Fedorov is already hopeful about its success. “If...
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Good news! The deadline for entries for the 2025 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence has been extended to midnight on Wednesday July 2 to give our best entrepreneurs and innovators...
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It is only June, and yet it’s already possible to declare 2025 the year of sovereign AI and digital supply chains. At least, this is certainly true of our...
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When 13-year-old Jasmine Elkin tried out the age-checking software Australia might use to ban children and teenagers from social media, she was surprised some products could identify a person’s...
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The Western Australian government will tip another $500 million into the state’s Strategic Industries Fund, deepening its commitment to future industrial projects at several sites across the state. The funding,...
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National Australia Bank has been slapped with the country’s largest ever fine under the consumer data sharing regime for failing to disclose credit limit information on four occasions. The...
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Energy majors are pouring money into gas exploration and production in Malaysia and Indonesia to meet rising power demand from growing populations and a proliferation of data centres in...