The Victorian government is set to contract out the cyber incident response services that are offered to agencies and local councils that fall victim to cyber-attacks in a bid...
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Melbourne-based automotive software company Applied EV has raised $21 million with Japanese carmaker Suzuki taking a strategic stake in the company. The completion of the first tranche of the...
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The government has announced a review of the Australian Research Council in response to the vocal calls by the academic and scientific community for the systemic problems related to...
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100 mid-career researchers will share in $94 million of federal funding to conduct their four-year projects, the Australian Research Council announced on Tuesday. Advanced manufacturing projects and New South...
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A new artificial intelligence institute at the University of New South Wales hopes to forge interdisciplinary connections between researchers and improve commercialisation opportunities. The UNSW AI Institute launched on...
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By any yardstick, federal spending on information technology products and services is massive. Depending on the ebb and flow of tech projects, that spending amounts to somewhere between $7...
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Among the many similarities between California and Australia, both are impacted by bushfires and climate change, and both are home to larger cars and trucks than is the norm...
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The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has struggled to reach consensus among its diverse membership base on data localisation, but has broadly agreed that onshore hosting does not guarantee...
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Despite describing China’s state-owned Northern Rare Earths as a “perfect case study” in scaling rare earth metal production, Lynas Rare Earths chief executive Amanda Lacaze said emulation is not...
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A “fully digitalised” tax office remains eight years away, according to Tax commissioner Chris Jordan, who envisions a greater reliance on natural systems for sourcing real-time data. Mr Jordan...
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“Government can’t be in the business of dictating breakthroughs or directing research, but it does have a vital responsibility to invest in our research agencies and universities and to...
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A Cabinet sub-committee established with a mandate to review the digital and data merits of new NSW government projects has been disbanded, with only some of its former responsibilities...
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After warnings Australia is again giving up its lead in an emerging technology, Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic has promised a more strategic approach to robotics, including the...
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What does it take to reverse the tech brain drain and get some of Australia’s top research talent to return home? It’s a question that’s quietly circled around in...