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Fibre optic sensors to make hazardous environments safer

Dr John Arkwright is an inventor and discoverer who set himself a challenge when founding Arkwright Technologies – to measure pressure inside the body using optical fibre. “I developed...

Technology transfer goals face ‘AUKUS visa’ hurdles

Australian industry has queried the workability of a proposed trilateral ‘AUKUS-visa’ for highly skilled professionals to smooth the technology transfer process in AUKUS-related research and manufacturing projects. Proposed in...

Australia prepares for Electric Vehicle cyber risk

As Australia embarks on a transition to electric vehicles, the security of millions more devices potentially connecting to the national energy grid presents a new risk. But the industry...

Israeli VC looks to partner with Aussie corporate investors

Ahead of the Australia-Israel Innovation Summit, MarineTech venture capital fund theDOCK’s co-founder Hannan Carmeli shared his thoughts on automation opportunities in the maritime sector and his aim to build...

EV sales up almost 22 per cent in 2022

Electric vehicles now make up just over 3 per cent of all new car sales in the country, with the Australian Capital Territory continuing to lead the way by...

WA Police to retain COVID border entry data for 25 years

The Western Australian police will retain personal information collected by the state’s COVID-19 border management system for at least 25 years, before archiving it indefinitely, the state government has...

Katy Gallagher on in-house consulting model for APS

An in-house consulting unit will be established within the federal government to provide professional services to agencies, reducing the reliance on external consultants, while contractors will be used “only...

WA consults on renewable hydrogen consumption targets

Consultation on a Western Australian target for electricity production from green hydrogen has kicked off with state-funded modelling suggesting the production cost of green hydrogen is unlikely to hit...

Australia’s quantum opportunity upgraded to $6 billion

The CSIRO has upgraded its economic forecast for quantum technology, predicting it will be a $4.6 billion industry in Australia by the end of the next decade and directly...

AI framework is a ‘soft stick’ to guide govt: Oppermann

The New South Wales Government’s new artificial intelligence assurance framework is a “soft stick” intended at providing the guard rails for the use of the technology, the state’s chief...

‘Immense’ impact of manufacturing growth centre

The Industry Growth Centre set up in 2015 to help revive Australian manufacturing says it is now generating a nine-to-one return on government and industry investment and creating thousands...