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Manufacturing is key in SunDrive’s $21m capital raise

An elite cadre of top deep tech and cleantech venture investors have combined to deliver a $21 million Series A round into Sydney-based solar cell newcomer SunDrive with the...

Organisational change and the low-code platform

“We talk about the future, and in a sense, the future is already here,” says Jornt Moerland, the Asia Pacific regional vice-president at low-code application development platform Mendix. With...

197,000 notices wiped from ‘shameful’ robodebt scheme

Nearly 200,000 people identified by the unlawful robodebt scheme won’t be pursued, with the federal government scrapping long-running investigations and wiping debts from the “shameful” scheme. On Wednesday, Social...

Optus breach to bring forward 3 privacy law reforms: Dreyfus

Privacy law reforms are being expedited in the wake of Australia’s largest data breach, with tougher penalties, data retention limits and anti-fraud measures expected to be revealed ahead of...

Lobster farming in an age of innovation and exports

Technology and innovation is now a core part of every industry and every company, and that includes lobster farming: Just ask the NSW-based aquaculture outfit Australian Bay Lobster Producers....

Research should not be limited by national priorities: Foley

Australia’s chief scientist has highlighted the importance of not limiting the scope of fundamental research and suggested it shouldn’t be bound by national research priorities. Dr Cathy Foley was...

Facial recognition use ‘misunderstood’: NSW Police

The use of facial recognition by law enforcement is “misunderstood” and there is no agreed definition of high-risk applications, according to NSW Police, which has defended employing the controversial...

Govt review puts $134m of space grants up in the air

The inclusion of Australia’s flagship space grants program in a “line-by-line” review of the former government’s spending commitments is drawing some concern among local industry and criticism from the...

Privacy, telco regulators launch Optus breach investigations

Australia’s privacy and communications regulators have launched coordinated investigations into the Optus data breach that saw the personal data of 9.8 million Australians compromised last month. The inquiries will...

Qld govt creates $24m investment fund to grow local startups

The Queensland government will make $24 million in seed funding available to startups operating in the sunshine state through a newly-created Enterprise Acceleration Fund. The $24 million fund, unveiled...