Australia’s forthcoming national quantum strategy is the “clarion call” the nascent sector needs to mature and will pave the way for more capital and new players, according to two...
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The Coalition will oppose Labor’s flagship industry policy when legislation is debated later this week, claiming the $15 billion fund is economically irresponsible and lacks governance. Shadow Cabinet discussed...
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The Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre has closed up shop, leaving behind an estimated $4.2 billion in new revenue growth by 2030. Backed by $40 million in government funding...
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The Australian Signals Directorate is outsourcing key elements of its landmark national security uplift program, going to market this week for industry partners to help the cyber spy agency...
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Australia’s commercial office sector has undergone a significant shift since the start of the pandemic. Although life has returned mostly back to normal on the surface, the lingering effects...
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The Australian National University’s vice-chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt has announced he will step down at the end of December, after eight years in the role. The announcement comes just...
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My Health Record looks set to be overhauled, with an expert taskforce finding not enough health information is being shared between patients, practitioners and services, despite nearly $900 million...
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They make an odd couple, but in a brief 15-minute press conference in Sydney last week, Bill Shorten and Victor Dominello outlined more progress on federal-state cooperation on government...
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Federal law enforcement agencies have sought advice on the implementation of controversial account takeover powers after the watchdog found holes in their internal policies as warrants were being issued....
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$10 million in grants funding is now available to researchers looking to commercialise their work through Australia’s Economic Accelerator initiative. The seed grants, which opened to applications on Monday,...
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A new industry association has set out to establish a cyber intelligence sharing community to help boost the cyber resilience of the largest and smallest critical infrastructure providers in...
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Some cryptocurrency products may be “fundamentally incompatible with the existing financial services regulatory framework”, according to Treasury, as it begins consulting on the government’s token mapping exercise. Treasury released...
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A relatively small group of suppliers have dominated the Digital Marketplace set up by the federal government to encourage competition, new data shows. Just 12 per cent of its...
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The Department of Defence will pay consultants more than $20,000 every day for the next 18 months to test the Navy’s cyber hygiene after years of government uplift programs....