The Albanese government will use the next round of cooperative research centre project grants to support National Reconstruction Fund priority areas, as it continues work to create the $15 billion...
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Sydney’s inner-city universities have won the bulk of new state funding for research infrastructure within the Tech Central innovation precinct. The $8 million is going to new facilities for...
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A project to convert turboprop-powered aircraft to electric propulsion is one of 19 projects to share in $44 million worth of grants through the latest round of the federal...
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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has called for greater international collaboration in regulating harms online, arguing that it also makes good business sense to do so. Speaking at...
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Australian electric truck pioneer SEA Electric has partnered with US systems integrator MEVCO to supply thousands of electrified Toyota utes to the mining sector in a deal worth almost...
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Child welfare groups are asking Australia’s online safety regulator to reject the industry codes Meta and TikTok say will keep their young users safe, warning the industry-written rules do...
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Nearly $16 million in grants funding has been awarded to 17 programs supporting women in STEM through initiatives like industry internships, teacher training, and lessons for school students. The...
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An economic downturn has curtailed the “stupid” investment environment of the last two years that saw Australian founders raising too much money with unrealistic valuations, according to the co-founder...
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An advisory group chaired by accomplished indigenous screenwriter and Order of Australia recipient Dorothy ‘Dot’ West has been created by the federal government to work towards closing the digital...
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The New South Wales government will launch a $40 million biosciences fund on Wednesday to support startups, researchers and entrepreneurs in the field over the next four years. Modelled...
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More than six months after a flurry of grant announcements by the Morrison government pledging $828 million to local manufacturing projects in the election lead-up, none of the recipients...
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Australia should consider “strategic needs” ahead of a one-size-fits-all income threshold to help fill the technology skills shortage, according to the country’s largest professional association for technology workers. In...
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US consulting giant Deloitte has landed a $5 million pay rise from the Australian Digital Health Agency for its work on a new platform for clinicians to exchange and...
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Some of Australia’s biggest local tech firms, including Canva, TechnologyOne and SafetyCulture, are eyeing expansion amid the wave of job cuts sweeping through the sector following higher interest rates...