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Govt has created a ‘robo-NDIS’: Shorten

The federal Opposition has reignited concerns that a lack of human intervention and an over-reliance on technology is creating a “robo-NDIS” that is leaving vulnerable Australians worse off. Shadow...

NDIS: A Copernican challenge for the actuarial model

The first article in the series ‘Defending the NDIS’, looked at the horrific complexity caused by the actuarial fiction of ‘primary disability’. The second article zeroed in on the...

The real story about employment in Australia

When Anthony Albanese said he did not know the unemployment rate, he should have said that no one really knows the unemployment rate. When Scott Morrison claimed there are...

Labor pledges $1.2 billion defence innovation agency

A $1.2 billion independent strategic research agency will be established under a Labor government to drive defence innovation and boost collaboration between Defence and SMEs and universities. Opposition Leader...

Labor pledges to cut government outsourcing by $3b

Labor has outlined a plan to cut government spending on contractors and consultants by $3 billion and scrap the controversial public sector jobs cap, along with a policy to...

Accenture, Epicon land $30m in AEC modernisation contracts

The Australian Electoral Commission has awarded two technology firms $30 million to modernise its electoral management services for the 2025 federal election, with the upcoming May election to rely...

R&D Tax guidance for software ‘grossly inadequate’

The sole case study featured in the federal government’s guidance for software claims under the research and development tax incentive contains a number of errors and would likely not...

Twouble for Twitter: Elon Musk and the public square

After an uncertain back and forth with Twitter over a potential acquisition of the company, Elon Musk successfully concluded negotiations to acquire Twitter for US$44 billion (A$61 billion). Many...

Industry continues to bring in contractors for grants help

The Industry department is continuing to pay private contractors for help with a range of its grants programs, issuing a further $1.1 million for consultants in a month. InnovationAus.com...

Gig Guide: Ewen Crouch is AnteoTech’s new chairman

Brisbane headquartered biotech and energy technology company AnteoTech’s new non-executive chairman is Ewen Crouch when incumbent Dr Jack Hamilton retires this week. Mr Crouch is also chairman of Corporate...

ANU sells quantum random numbers through AWS

To help scale its services, the Australian National University’s quantum random number generator is now available through the Amazon Web Service Marketplace. ANU Quantum Numbers (AQN) has been run...

Labor: Hopelessly outgunned amid a deluge of dollars

The volume and velocity of dollars being sprayed by the Coalition at industry development programs from space to critical minerals to artificial intelligence in the past several months has...