Amid a slew of resource projects announced for Western Australia on Tuesday, the Prime Minister has committed almost $8 million to a critical minerals accelerator initiative, despite consultations over...
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Defence Minister Peter Dutton has refused to say if Australia’s nuclear submarine program will have at least the same level of local industry involvement as the 60 per cent...
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The inaugural global head of engineering at Macquarie Group is Matthew Ellis, whose responsibilities have been expanded from being head of engineering in Australia to cover the world. This...
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Perth-based Curtin University has been named as the first of Australia’s four Trailblazer universities, receiving $50 million in federal funding from the new competitive program to develop a research...
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The New South Wales government has backed a renewed focus on improving the commercialisation outcomes of university research with a program of increased co-investment in critical research infrastructure and...
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The NDIS is a case study in the crucifying complexity of policy and service delivery. It is also a case study in the failings of digital government services. This...
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The Industry department has handed a another $1.6 million to a global consultancy to try and solve Australia’s AdBlue problem, as a looming shutdown of the only domestic production...
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The Australian subsidiary of US-listed defence company Northrop Grumman has signed a six-year contract with a Brisbane-based electronics engineering company for the supply of secure communication devices. Northrop Grumman...
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A significant review of the Privacy Act is running six months late and will be handballed to the next government, despite being launched two and a half years ago....
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The tax office will pay Irish-domiciled tech giant Accenture nearly $3.5 million per month over the next year and a half for work on its large-scale project consolidating business...
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More details has been offered on the $440 million resource logistics hubs to be established by the federal government in the Northern Territory as part of a budget commitment....
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US tech giant AWS has had its whole-of-government sourcing deal extended and “enhanced”, after the value of its previous deal ballooned in value by more than 10 times to...
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A global artificial intelligence competition run by the European Space Agency has been won by a team led by scientists from the University of Adelaide. Participants of the Satellite...
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The Queensland government has joined global investment giants in backing local tech startup Skedulo, after the company’s business took off during the pandemic, including helping to facilitate about one...