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NSW Budget: $80m in startup support, data centre reform

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...

Gilmour Space readies maiden ElaraSat mission launch

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...

No barriers, no guarantees: Age assurance test results are in

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...

Teen social media ban faces a new wildcard: teenagers

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...

WA government doubles Strategic Industries Fund to $1bn

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,...

NAB hit with record fine for consumer data right breach

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...

Southeast Asia in race for more gas to power AI demand

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...