When Western Australian tech firm DUG set out to create its own supercomputer network of data centres around the world, the company turned to its own R&D unit to...
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Australia has slipped to seventh in the United Nations global ranking of ‘e-governments’, its worst position in a decade. New Zealand and several Scandinavian countries are now ahead of...
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Just over a week ago, I upgraded my three-year-old iPhone to a shiny new model. It was a pretty smooth experience until I went to use the myGovID app...
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Global consulting giant PwC will be paid $12.2 million over the next two years to develop a data migration strategy for the New South Wales government’s huge enterprise resource...
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The value of consulting and delivery giant Accenture’s active contracts with the federal government grew by 30 per cent last financial year to $480 million, a $110 million increase...
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Deakin University has given a chunk of the federal funding it received to improve research commercialisation to laser fusion energy start-up HB11 Energy. The company will lead a $20...
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HECS-style loans for university students and recent graduates to launch innovative new companies could be on offer as early as next year, with consultation on the federal government’s planned...
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In application, industrial policy reflects a complex interplay between national economic policy, international competitiveness policy and international competition policy. Industrial policy cannot be dismissed with glib assertions about the...
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With the outstanding finalists for the 2022 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence now locked in, online voting is now open to the public to find a winner for the prestigious...
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The Queensland government will spend $4 billion on support for energy transition and renewable infrastructure as part of a new ten-year energy and jobs plan that includes the world’s...
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The federal government has opened consultations on Australia’s first national electric vehicle strategy with a brief paper that touts the opportunity of manufacturing batteries and vehicles onshore, and all...
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US management consulting firm McKinsey saw an almost 50 per cent drop in federal government revenue last financial year, as the surge of contracts it experienced early in the...
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With more worrying signs about business innovation in Australia, the Productivity Commission has proposed shifting policy focus from incentives, grants and public research to create our own inventions to...
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A startup spun out of the Australian National University is looking to solve one of the world’s biggest environmental problems thanks to its plastic-eating enzyme that can make the...