The Coalition’s plan to cut more than $3 billion from the public service to pay for its election promises will lead to a jump in spending on consultants and...
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An Australian Satellite Manufacturing Hub will be built outside Canberra after the federal and New South Wales governments invested around $23 million each in the project. The hub will...
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Australia’s first deep water hyperbaric chamber suitable for testing subsea control modules has secured $600,000 in funding from the Western Australian state government. The chamber’s development is led by...
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There are no plans to switch off the controversial COVIDSafe app despite contact tracing no longer taking place in Australia and a clause in the legislation underpinning it saying...
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A Canberra-based spacecraft simulator firm will work on a more than $1.5 million United Kingdom Ministry of Defence contact to support its satellite mission. Nominal Systems has partnered with...
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The New South Wales Government is rethinking its industry policy to account for “transformative forces” like decarbonisation, digitisation, and shifting value chains over the next decade, as productivity also...
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Federal Labor will on Tuesday unveil another targeted industry fund, this time focused on medical manufacturing and with the aim to “turn science into more jobs” and secure domestic...
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The Australian tech sector is booming. It is one of the nation’s fastest growing industries with fantastic opportunities on the horizon. Our industry is also becoming extremely attractive as...
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Four New South Wales-based companies will share in $23 million in Commonwealth grants as part of the latest federal government Modern Manufacturing Initiative cash splash. Grant recipients announced on...
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A re-elected Coalition government would pour a further $454 million into the Loyal Wingman autonomous aerial vehicle program being developed by the Royal Australian Air Force and Boeing. The...
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The federal Greens will push for the establishment of a Future of Work Commission, with a focus on the gig economy, automation and digitalisation. Greens Leader Adam Bandt unveiled...
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Life sciences industry representative body AusBiotech has launched a 10-year strategy for the biotechnology sector in an effort to “herald an era of Australian discovery, translationa and innovation”. The...
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Federal Labor has said its $1 billion commitment to develop and commercialise critical technologies will help to reverse Australia’s slide down innovation rankings by helping local researchers bridge the valley...
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A national space commercialisation hub will be established by the University of Southern Queensland with $50 million in Commonwealth funding as part of the $362 million Trailblazers program. The...