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NSW cyber agency faces $70m funding ‘shortfall’

A decision by the former New South Wales Coalition government’s not to fund the state’s cybersecurity agency beyond next financial year, despite the growing importance of response and recovery,...

Education department backs outsourced research data

The Education department is outsourcing the collection of research commercialisation data, relying on industry and research groups to provide the information that informs multi-billion dollar government programs. The outsourcing,...

Getting the most out of state and federal startup programs

When the German federal government unveiled its first national startup strategy in the middle of 2022, its biggest surprise perhaps was that it had not arrived earlier. German industrial...

Gig Guide: Will Hodgman joins Singapore-based fintech

Former Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman has joined fintech and digital assets manager Trovio after serving as Australia’s High Commissioner to Singapore for the last two and a half years....

Land secured for $1bn battery material factory in WA

A bid by critical minerals miner IGO and Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals to develop Australia’s first commercial precursor cathode active material for use in battery production has secured a...

CSIRO funded for quantum PhDs in research boost

National science agency CSIRO has been named the beneficiary of $3.6 million in federal government funding for quantum PhDs promised in the lead up to last year’s election, as...

Commercialisation programs restructure underway: Husic

Industry and science minister Ed Husic is restructuring the Industry department’s suite of programs to ensure they support businesses developing new technologies at all stages of growth, prior to...

$50m hydrogen, low-emissions steel R&D funding round opens

Grants of up to $5 million are now available for research and development projects in renewable hydrogen and low emissions iron and steel through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency....

Permissions capability platform abandoned after two years, $16m

The whole-of-government permissions capability platform devised by consultants and built by external contractors has been scrapped after the government sunk at least two years and $16.5 million into the...