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Tough times: Australian telcos about to hit the wall

Australian telecommunications companies are underperforming and if they thought that life couldn’t get any worse, then they are in for a short sharp shock. It does not matter who...

Innovation election is like the dog that didn’t bark

When it comes to research and innovation, the current election campaign recalls the Sherlock Holmes story featuring the dog that didn’t bark. Here’s how it went: Gregory (Scotland Yard...

Labor pledges $4m to help retain quantum research talent

Labor has pledged $4 million in new funding to support Australian quantum researchers, promising to grow the strategically important sector and capitalise on the comparative advantage it has created...

Memo to next govt: Technology reform is a core agenda item

As the federal election looms, the final bursts of campaign fervor, news coverage and election chatter spreads nationally. For many people, this information is disseminated on online platforms and...

Artificial intelligence: A strategy or a description of government?

We are now familiar with artificial intelligence as meaning intelligence demonstrated by machines as opposed to that demonstrated by animals, especially humans. The adjective ‘artificial’ however includes ‘fake’ among...

Albo promises ‘complete transparency’ on $15b industry fund

There will be “complete transparency” around Labor’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund, which will help to “kickstart” the next Tesla in Australia, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has said. Mr...

Governance for the National Disability Investment System

It should not take Royal Commissions and class actions to remediate the intractable defects that exist within the NDIS, but the community demands justice and safety. So catastrophic is...

Regional telecoms policy has been a failure

The 2021 Regional Telecommunications Review (2021 RTR) included twelve recommendations that clearly identify the major issues related to the provision of reasonably priced, reliable, resilient telecommunications in regional and...

Success: Gilmour Space tests 3D-printed rocket

Gilmour Space Technologies is one step closer to blast off after successfully completing tests on its brand new, 3D-printed Phoenix rocket engine. At the company’s test site in Toowoomba...