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Govt urged to double games fund pledge

The Albanese government should double the funding for the Australian Interactive Games Fund it pledged to resurrect under its five-year National Cultural Policy, according to the peak body for...

Hypersonix selected by key US defence accelerator

Australian aerospace startup Hypersonix Launch Systems has been drafted into the US Defense Innovation Unit’s accelerator program, having been selected to provide hypersonic vehicles for testing. The Defense Innovation...

Disjointed rail procurement cost govts $1.85bn: Report

Inconsistent rail procurement policies cost Australian governments nearly $2 billion over the last decade as states upped local content but took varying approaches, a new report by the rail...

UK unveils $4.5bn quantum strategy in tech-friendly budget

The UK government has announced it will invest billions into digital technologies, startups and R&D. The Spring budget includes commitments of £2.5 billion (AUD$4.55 billion) for quantum technologies alone...

City of Sydney startup accelerator program opens

A free accelerator program backed by the City of Sydney is offering 20 startups the chance to develop their business acumen with entrepreneurial experts for the first time since...

Chalmers flags digital, GreenTech as productivity drivers

Digital and CleanTech will be key to halting Australia’s relative productivity decline, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers, who has again called for the Productivity Commission to be reformed. Speaking...

Australian IP firms hit by cyber breach

Australia’s largest group of intellectual property services firms, some of which have previously worked with the federal government, have had their systems breached in a cybersecurity incident. IPH –...

$6m in grants for methane reduction trials

Federal grants totalling $6 million have been awarded in the latest round of Methane Emissions Reduction in Livestock program to demonstrate the emission reduction and productivity impacts of three...

Australia’s AI policy, programs on ice

The Albanese government is still weighing its approach to regulating and funding artificial intelligence, including keeping a now year-old consultation on the back burner and pausing or scrapping grant...

Subscription model: Yes, it has come to this

In the coming weeks, InnovationAus.com will introduce a subscription model to our technology and innovation policy news service as a sensible first step toward introducing a pay wall to...

Gig Guide: CSIRO appoints inaugural digital chief

CSIRO’s inaugural chief digital officer is Rebecca Ostergaard, who moves from her role as digital services project director at the Western Australia Office of Digital Government. During her time...