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NSW Labor to explore stopgap for digital voting

NSW Labor will investigate an interim digital voting solution to allow blind and low vision Australians to cast a verifiable ballot in state and local government elections before 2027...

Rover builders revealed as NASA leaders charm Aus space sector

High ranking officials from America’s space program have called for deeper ties with Australia, including Australian astronauts flying on United States’ missions, during a rare visit this week that...

Designs on a sustainable scale for people and place

For policy makers, designers, educators, community and industry leaders, tech professionals and a diverse range of stakeholders, the Data Informed Design Conference (DiD23) is the place to be. That’s...

Push for sovereign capability may enable rent-seeking: PC

The Productivity Commission has cast doubt on the effectiveness of greater ‘sovereign capability’ in boosting productivity and has advocated for increased liberalisation of trade to boost innovation diffusion. A...

Give private sector access to govt data: Productivity Commission

The federal government is preventing “high-value data uses” by not granting the private sector access to public sector data holdings, according to the Productivity Commission’s first economy-wide report in...

Commercialisation and Defence are not mutually exclusive

There is no doubt the world has entered a more complex and potentially dangerous era. And according to Sarah Pavillard, that means commercial researchers and tech innovators will increasingly...

Govt urged to double games fund pledge

The Albanese government should double the funding for the Australian Interactive Games Fund it pledged to resurrect under its five-year National Cultural Policy, according to the peak body for...

Hypersonix selected by key US defence accelerator

Australian aerospace startup Hypersonix Launch Systems has been drafted into the US Defense Innovation Unit’s accelerator program, having been selected to provide hypersonic vehicles for testing. The Defense Innovation...

Disjointed rail procurement cost govts $1.85bn: Report

Inconsistent rail procurement policies cost Australian governments nearly $2 billion over the last decade as states upped local content but took varying approaches, a new report by the rail...

UK unveils $4.5bn quantum strategy in tech-friendly budget

The UK government has announced it will invest billions into digital technologies, startups and R&D. The Spring budget includes commitments of £2.5 billion (AUD$4.55 billion) for quantum technologies alone...