Australia needs to build an end-to-end hydrogen ecosystem across the nation serving multiple hard to abate use-cases in order to meet our 2050 decarbonisation commitments. Avoiding a monopoly trap...
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A $71 million satellite manufacturing hub planned for the outskirts of Canberra has been canned by a consortium of aerospace and defence firms in the wake of the Albanese...
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Governments must pair their new appreciation for innovation and public investment with a co-ordinated strategic approach, according to an eminent innovation expert, who warns money alone won’t overcome decades...
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Silex Systems will establish a $16 million production plant, funded in part by the federal government, to provide companies like Silicon Quantum Computing with a sovereign supply of quantum...
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The leader of the Nationals in the Senate Bridget McKenzie has warned government against being too prescriptive about which technologies will successfully drive the transition to a net zero...
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The Department of Defence has found a new chief data integration officer in Paul Robards, who will oversee the half-a-billion-dollar OneDefence Data Program. He will replace Dr Maria Milosavljevic...
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Australia’s cyber agency will pay Deloitte more than $47,000 a day to help run a threat sharing platform that the consulting giant helped to establish, and which almost no...
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The Net Zero Economy Agency should be responsible for implementing the federal government’s refreshed hydrogen strategy, the Australian Hydrogen Council (AHC) says. The council said the new agency should...
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Australia urgently needs an AI Act and a dedicated regulator, the Australian Human Rights Commission is warning, two years after its landmark research with similar recommendations was ignored by...
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Victorian government agencies are “not adequately prepared to prevent cyber-attacks”, the state’s auditor-general has warned, with more than 600,000 public servants yet to begin using multi-factor authentication for network...
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The Western Australian government has kicked off work on a 10-year science and technology plan, as it continues efforts to diversify the state economy and become a global innovation hub....
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South Korean rocket startup Innospace will use the Northern Territory as a launchpad for its world-leading hybrid-fueled rockets from 2025 after it signed a multi-year contract with Equatorial Launch...
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A $50 million MedTech incubator funded by the federal government’s Medical Research Future Fund is now open for expressions of interest. The CUREator+ BioMedTech incubator program, run by Brandon...
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Accenture’s contract with Defence for a cloud computing capability has more than doubled in value in six months, skyrocketing to just under $35 million since being awarded in February....