Australia’s international ranking in economic complexity has fallen again, with the country now sat at 93 out of 133 countries in an index produced by Harvard University researchers. The...
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We are bombarded daily with new artificial intelligence applications or hype about the potential of AI and its pitfalls. It’s clear that AI offers significant, transformative potential in almost...
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There is a huge amount of attention being given right now in Australia to accelerating the development of new capabilities in technology areas of strategic importance. InnnovationAus.com has assembled...
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Private sector suppliers to government have long understood the benefit of using research and data intelligence specialist firms to drag meaningful insights from public sector procurement data. But there...
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Dell has won CSIRO’s $15 million contract to replace the science agency’s GPU cluster to better handle artificial intelligence and machine learning. The new cluster is expected to be...
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Students would be allowed to use generative AI tools like ChatGPT for assessments under a draft framework developed by a taskforce of experts to guide the safe and ethical...
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The Reserve Bank of Australia’s Payments System Board has two new appointments, while Australian Consumer and Competition Commission chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb has been reappointed to the board for a...
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Large incumbent companies that donate to Australia’s political parties are winning a disproportionate share of government tenders, according to new research into the explosion of contracting over the last...
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The Australian government has awarded $12.4 million to three research institutions to strengthen Australia’s international renewable and clean energy research collaborations. The supported projects at RMIT University, national science...
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Federal government technology planning cycles are set to shift from years to months in recognition of Canberra’s desire for Australia to become a leading digital and cyber secure nation...
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A multi-million dollar green hydrogen development in Western Australia has been canned despite receiving support from the federal and state governments. Canadian conglomerate ATCO will no longer go ahead...
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100 mid-career university researchers will share in $97.6 million in Future Fellowship grants over four years to explore areas ranging from post-Cold War economic sanctions and rock art to...
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Australia has an incredible talent base in the realm of Earth observation, according to the founder and chief executive of Office of Planetary Observation, Thomas Gooch. Simply put, we...
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Microsoft caused the government “billions of dollars of damage” when it pulled out of Defence and national security work last year but faced no consequences, a Senate inquiry has...