Limits should be placed on the federal government’s spending on consultants and better funding needs to be provided to internal ICT systems and staff to overcome the current “over-reliance”...
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Legislation underpinning the New South Wales government’s electric vehicle strategy passed Parliament on Wednesday with bipartisan support, paving the way for the introduction of a road user charge for...
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Two years and three reports later, the parliamentary committee on technology – which began life focused on fintech – has officially wrapped. Chaired by Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg, the...
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Cryptocurrency businesses and assets would be licensed by Treasury and a new system introduced in corporate law under a plan to regulate the sector being put forward by a...
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Dr Katherine Woodthorpe has called for more secure science funding and greater respect for the profession at a time when it is under attack from “angry wild mobs” and...
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The Coalition’s plan to introduce a cap on withdrawals from the Medical Research Future Fund is a “breach of its own promises” and will serve to “undermine medical research”...
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The government will be “tying the hands” of universities and businesses by forcing them to use standardised IP agreements, the peak body for scientists has warned in response to...
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It is more than 12 years since authors Dan Senor and Saul Singer chronicled Israel’s “economic miracle” in the landmark book Startup Nation. The Israel innovation ecosystem has changed...
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The technology transfer opportunities of the new AUKUS submarine arrangements are a two-way street, but industry must start the hard work now to identify and focus on areas of...
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The new AUKUS agreement marks a “seminal moment” for technology access and transfer and Australia needs to be “restlessly ambitious” to take advantage of the opportunities on offer, according...
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The New South Wales government is seeking a host organisation for a new semiconductor bureau to be established at Sydney’s Tech Central precinct next year as part of a...
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The businessman leading a government review of Australia’s research translation struggles has hinted that future public research funding could be tied to translation outcomes and the involvement of industry...
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The Cooperative Research Centre program is the “backbone” of Australian industry’s commercialisation efforts and will be closely linked with the federal government’s advanced manufacturing efforts, according to new science...
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Cryptography and security experts have welcomed the federal government’s new international digital Covid-19 vaccine certificate, saying it should be used across the country instead of other, less privacy protecting...