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Ho Ho Ho: Our ultimate guide to Summer Reading

In keeping with long-standing tradition and to get us into a Ho Ho Ho vibe for the Christmas break, I present to you the annual InnovationAus.com Summer Reading List....

Uni researchers call for big changes at the ARC

A year on from the political interference scandal that rocked the Australian Research Council, university and research groups are backing an overhaul of the agency, recommending better governance, clearer...

2023 and what lies ahead for industry policy

The Albanese government’s first seven months in office have been busy, with many of the promises it took to the ballot box already a reality. For industry policy, however,...

NSW govt just misses 30% SME tech procurement target

The New South Wales government has fallen short of its ambitious target to spend 30 per cent of its annual technology procurement budget with local small to medium-sized enterprise....

Defence quietly scraps $23m student system three years in

A cloud-based enterprise student management system that was delivered to Defence 18 months ago has been abandoned after a review found it was “unable to achieve the capability outcomes...

Privacy Act Review complete after three years

After three years, the Privacy Act Review commissioned under the Coalition government has been completed and the final report handed to Attorney General Mark Dreyfus. The Attorney General will...

$2m Defence innovation review dead and buried

A $2 million review of Australia’s defence innovation system looks unlikely to ever be released after the former Coalition government sat on it for five months and the Department...

A leading nation needs supercomputing to match

Australia is blessed with many natural and human resources and often our geology and agricultural productivity has been the backbone of our economy. But modern economies, and indeed societies,...

Data waste, ‘zombie’ projects not just a cost equation

Data waste is growing at a pace unrivalled in human history, with companies generating and keeping more information than ever as their storage environments become increasingly complex. As each...

SA’s $593m hydrogen development open for proposals

South Australia’s $593 million Hydrogen Jobs Plan, which will include the development of a hydrogen electrolyser, hydrogen power station, and a hydrogen storage facility, is now open to local...

WA’s health innovation fund grows by 70%

Western Australia’s Future Health Research and Innovation Fund will award 70 per cent more money than originally forecast over the forward estimates following the mid-year review. The state’s Investment...

Horror audit had ‘material impact’ on DTA relationships

A damning audit of the procurement practices at the Digital Transformation Agency has harmed its “psyche” and had a material impact on its relationship with other agencies, its chief...