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...
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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...
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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...
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You know it’s been a good year when the launch of a $130 million Series A capital raise is still not considered your biggest news. That’s the kind of...
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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...
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Microsoft is using a vast network of subsidiaries and tax havens to minimise the tax it pays in Australia as it holds lucrative government contracts to deliver public services,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Challenges generally bring out the best in Australians. Floods, bushfires, drought and even a global pandemic show that our society is adept at standing together to find a way...
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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...