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Defence picks Airbus for space STaR Shot research program

Aerospace giant Airbus will be the lead partner for Defence’s space research program, aimed at ensuring Australian forces have assured access to satellite services. Adelaide space companies Inovor Technologies...

ARM manufacturing hub approved as research institute

The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub in Brisbane is the first independent manufacturing innovation hub in Australia to receive approved research institute status, two years after its establishment. The...

The Innovation Papers: Meet our full list of expert authors

Forty policy thinkers from across the Australian tech and innovation ecosystems have contributed more than 70,000 words to The Innovation Papers projects to be published in a newspaper format...

Screen Australia awards $4m for local video games

Screen Australia has awarded more than $4 million worth of grants to fund development on tens of indie video game titles through the Games: Expansion Pack Fund. Initially announced...

NSW Govt looks for innovation through tech procurement

Dozens of technology suppliers gathered in Sydney on Tuesday for a state government roundtable on “innovative procurement pathways”. The meeting is part of a push for the New South...

Lavender Scare: Will NASA rename James Webb Space Telescope?

The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are astounding. With its deep infrared eyes, the telescope is illuminating regions of the Universe with never-before-possible clarity. The telescope...

ACT to ban new combustion engine vehicles from 2035

The sale of new fossil fuel powered light vehicles will be banned in the Australian Capital Territory from 2035, the territory government revealed Monday, as its state counterparts also...

NDIA chair Denis Napthine resigns after just three months

The chair of the National Disability Insurance Agency has resigned just three months into his three-year appointment, leaving agency that oversees the $29 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme without...

NZ fears game developer brain drain to Australia

The New Zealand Game Developers Association has expressed concerns that Kiwi talent will emigrate across the Tasman Sea as the expected commencement date of Australia’s Digital Games Tax Offset...

Govt tips $5.8m into unis’ intelligence and security research

Quantum sensing, AI vulnerabilities and edge computing cybersecurity are among 10 research projects funded under the second round of the federal government’s security and intelligence grant program. Round two...