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Govt formally embarks on STEM diversity review

The multi-stage consultation process on the federal government’s Pathway to Diversity in STEM Review has begun, with panel chair Sally-Ann Williams imploring industry and society to join in the...

Home Affairs restructuring to give govt a cyber ‘spine’

A restructure of the Department of Home Affairs is being progressed to reorientate the national security agency around issues of cybersecurity and foreign interference amid a worsening geopolitical environment....

Coordination is govt’s only cybersecurity superpower

If cybersecurity breaches are the new normal – and they are – then it is critical that governments lead the centralised and coordinated defensive efforts at an economy-wide scale....

$64m for two hydrogen hubs in NSW

Two hydrogen projects in New South Wales will share in $64 million in support from the state government, with the announcement coming three weeks out from the next election....

Quantum Brilliance releases quantum software dev kit

Quantum Brilliance has launched a publicly available software development tool that enables researchers to deploy miniaturised quantum computers alongside classical computers. Called Qristal, the open-source software development kit (SDK)...

Ex-BHP heavyweight Dalla Valle joins renewables startup

Dean Dalla Valle is an executive heavyweight of the resources sector – ex-BHP and ex-Pacific National – who has just been appointed the inaugural chair Hysata, the deep tech...

Local FinTechs to lead RBA digital currency pilots

Local FinTechs and two of the Big Four banks have been invited by the Reserve Bank to demonstrate the potential of Central Bank Digital Currency in Australia. Each of...

NSW procurement slammed as consultants cash in

New South Wales government agencies broke procurement rules, failed to manage contracts and increasingly used only a handful of global giants while handing more than $1 billion to consulting...

Dominello’s swan song: Digital ID our ‘Holy Grail’

Outgoing NSW digital minister Victor Dominello has used his last ministerial address to champion the state’s forthcoming decentralised digital identity system as a lever for “huge micro-economic reform”. Mr...

My Health Record app launches at last

The federal government has launched its My Health Record mobile app a year later than first planned to improve access to the digital health record that has long been...

RDTI claims return to pre-pandemic levels

The value of claims through the research and development tax incentive (RDTI) scheme’s non-refundable tax offset is estimated to return to pre-pandemic levels this financial year. The non-refundable tax...