The New South Wales shadow Digital and Innovation portfolios have gone to Sydney liberal MPs James Griffin and Mark Coure in a new shadow ministry unveiled by Opposition leader...
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The rollout of the Accenture-built government security vetting system continues to face complications, as the agency in charge fails to meet its KPI on baseline clearances. Technical issues with...
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The Department of Defence has signed a new contract with Adobe to cover software and support services for the next three years. At around $6 million a year, the...
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The new chief economist of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is Dr Lilla Csorgo, who comes to the role with almost 30 years’ experience in competition economics. Dr...
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Quantum computing, recycling, batteries and water electrolysers are among the research projects funded in the inaugural Industry Laureate Fellows scheme announced on Tuesday. The Australian Research Council awarded $27.7...
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Victoria will become the fourth jurisdiction to introduce digital driver’s licences, with the state government to trial the plastic card alternative in the regional city of Ballarat in July...
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Federal departments have slashed their spend on outside consultants in the Albanese government’s first year, as an audit reveals the cost of external labour ballooned to nearly $21 billion...
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Gambling and alcohol giants beat out Australia’s national science agency and universities in patent and trademark filings last year, as local filings fell and the nation remained overwhelmingly a...
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Henry Ford famously declared, “if I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”. Over a century on, and it is technologies that exploit quantum...
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The federal Opposition has poured cold water on the just-launched National Quantum Strategy saying there was nothing in the document that would meaningfully boost Australia’s prospects for staying at...
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Australia’s first free trade agreement with a dedicated chapter on innovation will come into effect at the end of the month, promising a new era of collaboration with the...
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The Albanese government will establish a national authority to assist workers and industries, particularly those in the regions, with the net-zero transition as Australia’s decarbonisation efforts accelerate. The National...
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Commonwealth spending on research and development as a proportion of GDP is expected to be the lowest on record this financial year, disappointing research peak bodies as attention turns...
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A request from CDC Data Centres to have its greenhouse gas emissions data withheld from public release has been rejected by Australia’s clean energy watchdog. The company had argued...