Lighthouse logbooks and photographs of Darwin after tropical cyclone Tracy were among 850,000 at-risk records digitised by the National Archives last year after securing lifeline federal funding from the...
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Australian cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0 is one of only 10 companies to have been hand-picked for a two-day summit convened by the United States government to tackle the growing...
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As trickles of available geospatial data has turned into torrents, new insights have been applied to everything from agriculture and biosecurity to healthcare. Geospatial Intelligence is a specialist Australian...
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More than a hundred companies and organisations across several industries, including agriculture, health and transport, have backed the Electric Vehicle Council’s call for a 2027 electric vehicle uptake target...
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Regulatory gaps are holding back the deployment of undersea drones and other autonomous marine vehicles, according to the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Representatives from the Australian Institute of...
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A Microsoft licensing contract worth $56 million was not publicly disclosed by the New South Wales Department of Education for more than three years due to an administrative oversight...
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Australian Defence personnel and public servants are being told to remain vigilant after a Defence ICT contractor was embroiled in a ransomware attack on Monday. A 2018 dataset containing...
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A government review has backed Australia’s venture capital tax breaks, finding investment vehicles and concessional treatment have helped $20 billion in capital commitments in the last two decades. But...
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The federal government will release details of its proposed Future Made in Australia Office in the next several weeks, including directions that will be taken on Labor’s Buy Australian...
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Following the recent spate of data breaches, much of the public conversation has focused on the need for regulatory reform to protect Australians’ privacy and “incentivise better behaviour” from...
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Federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic has been confirmed to deliver the keynote address at the 2022 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence. Mr Husic is long-time supporter of...
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The Victorian government’s $29 million investment in a foreign quantum company has surprised the local sector and was made without consulting the federal agencies in charge of the national...
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Australia is expected to be the largest net-exporter of low-emissions hydrogen by 2050, according to the International Energy Agency’s 2022 edition of its World Energy Outlook. This is equivalent...
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Victoria’s Innovation and Digital Economy minister Jaala Pulford has announced plans to leave politics at the upcoming state election next month. In a statement on Wednesday morning, Ms Pulford...