CSL, Cochlear, and Gardasil are all great Australian biotech success stories; we have done it before. How do we do it again and again? With the $20 billion Medical...
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In March 2021, Facebook announced it was building Instagram for under-13s1. By May, 44 US Attorneys General had written to Mark Zuckerberg demanding that he stop the project because,...
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Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Snapchat will be scrutinised by the competition regulator in a new inquiry launched as part of the watchdog’s ongoing examination of digital platforms. The...
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Australia has a brand new HealthTech and BioTech venture capital outfit called Tenmile and backed with $250 million in capital from Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s investment group Tattarang. Based...
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As Moderna has finalised its multi-billion dollar partnership with the Commonwealth and Victorian government, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese continued to flag the importance of commercialising local research. Moderna’s multi-billion...
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RMIT will lead a new multi-university and industry medical research and device translation lab at its Melbourne campus after receiving $12.7 million in funding from the Victorian government. The...
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Scientists have called on the government to “name and fame” the industry sectors leading Australia’s emissions reduction push, recommending the disclosure be added to Labor’s landmark climate change bill....
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The Australian Information Industry Association has appointed government relations veteran Simon Bush as its next chief executive officer. Mr Bush, who is currently head of policy and advocacy at...
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The food and agribusiness sector plays an important role in feeding Australians and is a fundamental pillar underpinning Australia’s economy. The sector, however, is not meeting its full potential....
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The Sutherland Shire Council in Sydney’s south is facing one of the biggest and most common challenges for local governments around the world. The coastal area is experiencing an...
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There is finally a growing recognition across the tech sector that workforce diversity is crucial, both as social good and an economic imperative. Individual companies and the industry in...
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Federal Industry minister Ed Husic will this week host five invitation-only industry roundtables to discuss challenges posed by skilled labour shortages ahead of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Jobs and...
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Australia has the talent and the capital to turn its science innovations into economic advantage at scale, according to the experts leading the current commercialisation push. But a culture...
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Canberra Data Centres has booked more than $1 billion in Commonwealth contracts since launching in 2007 to meet the storage needs of the federal government, passing the milestone with...