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Fleet Space scores first satellite deal with Defence

Nanosatellite startup Fleet Space Technologies has struck a $6.4 million contract with Australia’s nascent Space Command defence agency to develop a low-Earth orbit satellite communications system. The 16-month deal,...

EV strategy drops, fuel standards to arrive later this year

Australia’s first National Electric Vehicle Strategy will introduce fuel efficiency standards and promises new recycling initiative for electric vehicles and other large batteries, but offers no new support initiatives...

Shorten backs ‘ethical’ automation for NDIS assessments

Government Services minister Bill Shorten has called for the greater use of data and automation in National Disability Insurance Scheme assessments as long as an “ethical framework” is in...

My Health Record data sharing plans idle five years on

De-identified My Health Record data is yet to be shared with researchers and public health experts almost five years after the former federal government revealed controversial plans to source...

Govt startup bill supported but more work needed

Australia’s universities have backed legislation to introduce the government’s startup program but want flexibility in the pilot phase to iron out a range of issues with the proposal, including...

Pressure to release national quantum plan

The Opposition is demanding Industry minister Ed Husic release the National Quantum Strategy, warning its absence is creating drift and risking Australia’s “status and ability to compete” as other...

Embracing next-gen identity security to entice top talent

Attracting and keeping world-class talent in a post-pandemic world is transforming identity security programs with a hyper focus on treating employees on the same level as customers, irrespective of...

Karen Andrews to retire, Paterson to shadow Home Affairs

Shadow cybersecurity minister James Paterson has assumed responsibility for the Home Affairs portfolio after Karen Andrews announced her intentions to retire at the next election. Opposition leader Peter Dutton...

Australia’s biggest subsea robotics centre opens in Perth

AI robotics innovator Advanced Navigation has unveiled what it says is Australia’s largest subsea robotics centre to accelerate production of its “breakthrough” underwater navigation and robotic technologies. The company,...

Regulation is the New New Thing in tech

Tech in the 2020’s is a fascinating and complex beast. Innovation is still a key driver of its insatiable appetites, as we see in real time by the new...

Unis call for national research and innovation agency

Australia’s research heavy universities have called for a new national innovation agency and research strategy as part of generational higher education reforms, warning institutions can’t keep taking a 45...

Push for a Royal Commission into ‘robo-NDIS’

The Royal Commission into Robodebt heard significant revelations about the series of failures that led up to the illegal tech-based scheme.  Robodebt involved the use of an algorithm to...