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City of Sydney startup accelerator program opens

A free accelerator program backed by the City of Sydney is offering 20 startups the chance to develop their business acumen with entrepreneurial experts for the first time since...

Chalmers flags digital, GreenTech as productivity drivers

Digital and CleanTech will be key to halting Australia’s relative productivity decline, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers, who has again called for the Productivity Commission to be reformed. Speaking...

Australian IP firms hit by cyber breach

Australia’s largest group of intellectual property services firms, some of which have previously worked with the federal government, have had their systems breached in a cybersecurity incident. IPH –...

$6m in grants for methane reduction trials

Federal grants totalling $6 million have been awarded in the latest round of Methane Emissions Reduction in Livestock program to demonstrate the emission reduction and productivity impacts of three...

Australia’s AI policy, programs on ice

The Albanese government is still weighing its approach to regulating and funding artificial intelligence, including keeping a now year-old consultation on the back burner and pausing or scrapping grant...

Subscription model: Yes, it has come to this

In the coming weeks, InnovationAus.com will introduce a subscription model to our technology and innovation policy news service as a sensible first step toward introducing a pay wall to...

Gig Guide: CSIRO appoints inaugural digital chief

CSIRO’s inaugural chief digital officer is Rebecca Ostergaard, who moves from her role as digital services project director at the Western Australia Office of Digital Government. During her time...

South Australia secures STEM funding for AUKUS

The South Australian and Commonwealth governments have formerly signed an AUKUS cooperation agreement, which includes an initial commitment to 800 additional Commonwealth Supported Places at South Australian universities over...

Is finance really a sector ripe for innovation?

The FTX fraud and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank highlight just how unstable the finance system can be. Ever since bankers learnt that they could make money from...

Defence runs as silent as its subs on innovation program

The Defence department is running as silent as the nuclear submarines it plans to acquire about the future of its innovation programs, much to the frustration of small commercial...

Defence suppresses innovation review findings

A government review of Australia’s defence innovation system has been released more than a year after it was completed, but heavy redactions based on public interest claims have kept...