More than $375 million in research grants have been awarded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, as it introduces a new gender equity quota for the next...
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Sydney AI startup HIVERY was named the NSW Exporter of the Year on Wednesday night in recognition of its innovative retail software now shipping around the world. The company...
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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...
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New data from the 2021 Census shows the number of people with an IT qualification in Australia grew by 36 per cent over the last five years. There are...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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A new micro-credentialing program from Google has launched to train Australians in digital skills of “high demand” in six months or less, with 10,000 free scholarships to be offered...
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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....
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Calls for sweeping changes to how Australia measures and acts on innovation efforts made three years ago still stand for the new government, according to the experts behind it,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Exemptions to privacy laws for political parties should be ditched in the wake of mass unsolicited spam texts and other attempts to spread misinformation during this year’s election campaign,...