The Home Affairs department is taking more than three years to process visas for engineering graduates despite the sector facing it biggest jobs shortage in 10 years, leaving applicants...
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Australia’s first commercial aviation fuel biorefinery will be built in Queensland’s Gladstone Development Area, as renewable investments continue to pour into the region. The $500 million refinery is being...
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Towards the end of 2021, Chile became the first nation in the world to have a constitution in force that explicitly addresses the challenges of emerging neurotechnologies. Whilst this...
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After an incredible debut last year, it is a great pleasure to launch the InnovationAus Awards for Excellence 2022, a six-month program that aims to highlight and celebrate the...
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The Department of Home Affairs will spend at least $20 million on contractors to test its IT projects this financial year, including adding $4 million to one provider’s contract...
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Home Affairs has said it is committed to improving its digitised version of the incoming traveller declaration after receiving scathing reviews from users since it was launched last month....
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Australian connected fleet management startup Fleetsu has been snapped up by US tech company Rand McNally, which targeted the local company’s potential to innovate the 166-year-old incumbent. The financial...
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Engaging with the online world is a key priority for the Australian Government and it’s becoming more confident about how to regulate the internet, argues Australia’s Minister for Communications,...
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In another step towards transforming Gladstone into a green hydrogen hub, the Queensland government has declared that a $4.7 billion green hydrogen and ammonia facility has been given Coordinated...
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Treasury performed fewer audits of foreign investors last year, moving instead to using outside firms to check compliance with rules for high risk and high value investments. The audits...
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Legislation introducing a ransomware penalties regime, a $1.6 billion economic accelerator and the long-awaited patent box are among the bills which have now lapsed after failing to be passed...
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Local innovation can be commercialised in Australia if the focus is on serving a need rather than relying on government support, and this can be the key to economic...
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Deloitte will be paid $6 million over the next year to assist with the substantial GovERP project delivering the “digital backbone” for the public sector, joining fellow big four...
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The digital transformation of government has proven difficult for Australia, particularly at the federal level. While some of the states are having some success, the federal government seems stalled,...