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News Wrap: Tim Ayres is off to a running start

Just a week after his appointment as the new Minister for Industry and Innovation, Tim Ayres took to the stage this week to set out his agenda – and...

Defence industry seeks change after tough ANAO review

A scathing Auditor General’s report into maximising Australian industry participation in Defence procurement contracts has drawn mixed reaction from local industry, which called for changes to the way Defence...

Alignment is needed to boost industry R&D investment

The urban policy think tank Committee for Sydney says a lack of alignment between national and state priorities and funding streams is diluting Australia’s capacity to leverage research and...

Sydney Uni quantum pioneers venture out

The renowned Australian physicists that paved the way for Microsoft’s quantum technologies have unveiled their own venture aimed at bridging the gap between deep tech and the budding commercial...

Expert advisers question AI testing at Services Aus

Services Australia ramped up its testing of automation and artificial intelligence last year in preparation for wider deployments aimed at cutting costs and improving services in 2025, despite incomplete...

Qld’s critical minerals testbed facility moves forward

A critical minerals commercialisation hub first promised for Queensland more than two years ago has taken a big step forward, with construction now underway on the first-of-its-kind facility. Deputy...

DTA won’t reveal true cost of Canberra’s AWS mega-deal

A federal government decision to withhold the cost of its latest three-year cloud mega-deal with Amazon Web Services has sparked transparency concerns and criticism that it has been strong-armed...

‘Crazy’ to regulate AI, Mike Cannon-Brookes warns

Atlassian co-founder and chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes has warned that regulating artificial intelligence “at such an early stage… seems crazy” and for governments to focus instead on the downstream...

Advanced Navigation sets ‘defining standard for autonomy’

Australian autonomous systems outfit Advanced Navigation has successfully demonstrated a new hybrid system for super accurate navigation in GPS-denied environments. The company says the demonstration proves that its new...

Adult content codes redrafted after eSafety pushback

Local tech industry groups have lodged a set of revised online safety codes designed to protect children from exposure to pornography and age-inappropriate content after earlier drafts were knocked...