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Vic govt’s ‘surprising’ $29m bet on foreign quantum

The Victorian government’s $29 million investment in a foreign quantum company has surprised the local sector and was made without consulting the federal agencies in charge of the national...

Victoria’s Innovation minister to quit politics at election

Victoria’s Innovation and Digital Economy minister Jaala Pulford has announced plans to leave politics at the upcoming state election next month. In a statement on Wednesday morning, Ms Pulford...

Startup backers largely positive on Labor’s Budget

The Albanese government’s first Budget was positively received by a cross section of stakeholders in the startup community despite a lack of detail on the $15 billion National Reconstruction...

Stellar speaker line-up confirmed for InnovationAus Awards

New South Wales’ rock star Digital minister Victor Dominello will join Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley and Xero chair David Thodey as speaker-presenters at the 2022 InnovationAus Awards...

AI action plan locked in but changes still possible

Funding for Australia’s Artificial Intelligence Action Plan was spared from a Labor spending audit that netted the new government $22 billion in savings in Tuesday’s budget. The $113 million...

Ai-Media a home grown hero in global accessibility

Growing up, Alex Jones was unable to access the same things and media as his friends. Mr Jones was born deaf, spurring a passion for improving accessibility across his...

DTA staff turnover hit 60% after restructure

More than half of all staff at the Digital Transformation Agency left in the 12 months following a significant restructure that stripped it of technology and service delivery responsibilities....

Industry Growth Centre’ transition is in mid flight

The Industry Growth Centres have not been given additional federal funding in the federal budget delivered on Tuesday, despite Labor appearing to back the program in the run up...

SA’s first satellite to hitch SpaceX ride in 2023

The first South Australian-made satellite will launch aboard a SpaceX Transporter mission in October 2023 to begin its three-year mission with support from the state government and a consortium...