New South Wales has become the first Australian jurisdiction to launch in-app reporting of positive rapid antigen tests, with a $1000 fine threatened for those who don’t comply. While...
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Any Australian who has paid the slightest attention to the politics of climate change knows that Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s mantra is ‘technology not taxes.’ With technology playing such...
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Sydney quantum pioneer Q-CTRL will significantly expand its presence in America thanks to a US government Small Business Innovation Research grant. Q-CTRL was this week awarded $230,000 in funding...
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Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies plans to launch Australia’s first locally designed and built rocket from Australian soil this year, after kicking off 2022 with a successful test of its...
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More than 60 eminent Australian professors have signed an open letter decrying acting education minister Stuart Robert’s veto of university research funding on “national interest” grounds. Published Tuesday, the...
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In countries like Denmark and Germany, gifts are given on Christmas Eve, rather than Christmas morning. Likewise, on Christmas Eve 2021, 587 groups of researchers at universities around Australia...
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Australian universities are demanding an explanation from acting Education minister Stuart Robert about his decision to veto funding for six research projects late last year, as backlash to the...
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The federal government has backed away from its plan to extend encryption-busting powers to anti-corruption watchdogs around the country, despite previously pledging to do so and introducing legislation to...
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The federal government has no plans to introduce a vulnerability disclosure program despite a number of security researchers calling for a better way of notifying about significant flaws such...
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The Department of Defence is urging Australian researchers and SMEs to consider new national security applications for their technologies, offering to connect them with the local industry and the...
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The acting education minister has vetoed six humanities research grants which had been recommended by the independent Australian Research Council for funding. The veto was revealed on Christmas eve...
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As readers prepare to tuck into their Christmas pork – especially those lucky Australians who live in a marginal electorate – we bring you tidings of great joy. And...
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The Auditor General has been asked to investigate an unprecedented delay in the announcement of research grant recipients by the federal government, as thousands of researchers prepare for a...
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It will be “extremely difficult” for civil society to properly contribute to a range of current tech-focused government consultations with submission periods running over the summer break. The government...