After 18 months in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, parliamentary newcomer Christine Tonkin has made it her mission to listen to the needs of industry, and is expecting to...
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The former head of the OECD’s blockchain policy centre says crypto regulation will arrive quickly in Australia over the next year and the industry must share their data with...
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Gold Coast-based rocket manufacturer Gilmour Space Technologies has revealed long term plans to put Australian astronauts into space aboard crewed flights inside ten years. In that time, the company...
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New South Wales Treasurer Matt Kean’s first budget has billions for science, innovation and clean energy, but the state’s Digital Restart Fund for government technology and services upgrades was...
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The manufacturing, resources and renewable energy sectors have together been given a $350 million boost through new measures in the Queensland government’s 2022-23 Budget. Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick told the...
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Australia’s largest accredited data recipient under the Consumer Data Right scheme has backed the regulator’s warning that it intends to take enforcement action to ensure compliance if the banks...
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Tuesday’s New South Wales state budget includes $38 million more for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, pushing the state’s total electric vehicle package past $630 million. The new money will...
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The New South Wales pilot program for a new tertiary institution has been given an allocation of $108.5 million in the upcoming state budget for operations over four years....
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Countries around the world have faced economic headwinds in the last two years at least as strong as during the GFC, if not even stronger. Central banks and governments...
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Government research and development expenditure fell sharply as a proportion of GDP over the near-decade of Coalition power, leaving Australia behind comparable nations which are increasing their spend, according...
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Australia’s new Chief Radiation Health Scientist is Dr Rick Tinker who is being promoted from his role as the Director of the Assessment and Advice section of the Australian...
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Services Australia’s contracts with Canberra Data Centre have now passed $300 million after updates published in recent weeks revealed a massive increase which had not been reported by the...
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There are newfound hopes that Labor’s election victory will see Australia’s controversial encryption-busting powers “repaired” after nearly four years. The Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (TOLA) (Assistance and Access...
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Australia’s Chief Scientist Cathy Foley will be asked to join a science and research delegation to Indonesia as part of new Industry and Science minister Ed Husic’s plan to...