After securing a significant investment from the Northern Territory’s Paspalis Innovation Investment Fund, things started to “snowball” for advanced manufacturing tech firm Spee3d. In May 2019, the Paspalis fund...
News
Posted on
| by Justin Hendry
Digital identity remains a live consideration for Australia’s proposed mandatory age verification regime for online pornography and other adult content, as the Albanese government mulls the release of the roadmap...
Posted on
| by Justin Hendry
A Coalition-era program to centralise federal government networks through hubs in Canberra’s biggest agencies has been axed after an $80 million pilot, with a series of new initiatives to...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s upcoming national robotics strategy must look to turn the promising but fledgling industry into a $50 billion automation juggernaut by the end of the decade, the industry’s peak...
Posted on
| by Justin Hendry
Responsibility for the federal government’s troubled data sovereignty scheme has been stripped from the Digital Transformation Agency in a shakeup prompted by the creation of Australia’s new cybersecurity office....
Posted on
| by Brandon How
A “significant, punitive tax” on critical minerals exports should be implemented to encourage the development of domestic processing and generate revenue for investments across the value chain, according to...
Posted on
| by Brandon How
The federal government will develop a regulatory framework for carbon, capture, and storage projects, with Resources minister Madeleine King on Tuesday reiterating her support for the technology. Ms King...
Posted on
| by David McClure
The pandemic has instigated a step change in how Australians access healthcare. Australia has had the infrastructure in place for a decade, with the launch of My Health Record...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
Coalition senators have accused the CSIRO of “misleading” the public on the cost of nuclear power generation, claiming it has not incorporated enough data in its modelling and its...
Posted on
| by Brandon How
South Australia is set to introduce what it says is world-first legislation to streamline approval processes for hydrogen and renewable energy projects in the state. The state government released...
Posted on
| by Justin Hendry
American business services provider Conduent will replace NTT Data as the operator of Victoria’s public transport ticketing system from December after securing a $1.7 billion contract to run and...
Posted on
| by Sandy Plunkett
Since last month’s launch of Minderoo’s XPrize Wildfire, a four-year global competition that will award $16 million in prize money to teams able to demonstrate fully autonomous capabilities to...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
20 startups and scaleups on Monday made the cut for a $500,000 Queensland government-supported accelerator program that has helped launch companies like Gilmore Space Technologies and Universal Field Robotics...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
Parliament’s Audit Committee has launched a new inquiry into the alleged tech lobbying scandal embroiling Services Australia, the National Disability Insurance Agency and a consulting firm linked to former...