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Ed Husic is Australia’s new Industry Minister

Long-time tech and innovation advocate Ed Husic will be Australia’s new Industry Minister after he retained his spot in the new Labor government’s Cabinet, with Clare O’Neil to serve...

Dr Alan Finkel backs blue hydrogen

The Australian government’s Special Adviser for Low Emissions Technology Dr Alan Finkel remains committed to hydrogen as an essential tool for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, despite market development being...

Mystery govt support for Cochlear’s local expansion

The New South Wales government will give a multi-million-dollar tax break and infrastructure subsidy to Australian giant Cochlear to expand its 40-year-old Sydney manufacturing facilities. The state government claims...

Gig Guide: CSIRO appoints champion in America

CSIRO has appointed Dharmini Robertson as the new science counsellor for the United States and Canada. She will be based at the Australian embassy in Washington DC during her...

Innovation expert Glyn Davis appointed to lead PM&C

Professor Glyn Davis, an esteemed innovation and public policy expert and former chair of the Australia 2020 Summit, has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Department of...

Defence maps strategy for ‘Secret’ cloud services

The Department of Defence has unveiled details of a planned approach to market to transform its information technology operating environment to progressively establish diverse multi-vendor ‘Secret’ Cloud Services hosted...

A celebration of changemakers: TechDiversity Awards 2022

In a celebration of diversity, equity, and inclusion across the tech sector, #TechDiversity held its annual awards night on Thursday to recognise and pay tribute to the champions of...