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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...

Silicon Valley investor’s $50m AgTech fund targets ANZ

Silicon Valley based AgriFood investor SVG Ventures will launch a $50 million venture fund targeting AgTech firms across Australia and New Zealand. SVG Ventures will establish an Australia and...

Misinformation remains a vexed policy problem

A review of the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation – Australia’s answer to defence against misinformation online is currently underway. A year since being developed by...

AUKUS innovation potential is bigger than the subs

The technological capabilities and innovation ecosystems stemming from Australia’s AUKUS agreement will be “more consequential” and arrive much sooner than the multi-billion-dollar nuclear powered submarines the new alliance is...

Cloud giants certified while others wait on sovereignty scheme

Google and IBM have been cleared by the Digital Transformation Agency as approved cloud service suppliers under Australia’s data sovereignty scheme while dozens of other companies wait on authorisation....

Gig Guide: Google Research Australia appoints its co-leads

Google has appointed Dr Grace Chung and Professor Peter Bartlett as the new co-leads of Google Research Australia. Their roles include overseeing the Google Research Hub based in Sydney...

NSW AgTech suppliers wanted for Farms of the Future

The NSW Government’s $48 million program to improve the uptake of AgTech is open for applications from companies tech companies focused on agriculture that want to become panel suppliers....