A federal windfall of more than $65 million has been dropped on the local space industry via a new Space Infrastructure Fund, with half allocated to the Australian Space...
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The Law Council of Australia has warned that proposed changes to allow the nation’s international and domestic intelligence agencies to more easily gather covert intelligence on people in Australia...
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Australia was promised a new research focus for PhDs on the needs of industry. In this article, Dr John Howard forensically examines the national innovation and research system and...
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The Australian subsidiary of UK-based Octopus Group has sealed a partnership with the Northern Territory Indigenous Business Network (NTIBN) to deliver an estimated $50 billion of investment into renewable...
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The Western Australian government has opened applications for a share of $10 million in health and medical research grants, which followed a federal announcement on Tuesday of $23 million...
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Technology is no longer the new frontier; it’s not an ungoverned or unregulated place. As COVID has demonstrated, digital technologies are now core to our economy and society, and...
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Consumers will begin to see benefits of Australia’s data portability by next year after a half-decade “build phase”, according to Minister for Financial Services and the Digital Economy Jane...
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A blueprint for a new National Industrialisation Strategy has been issued in the runup to the federal election that could guide a reindustrialisation of Australia. The blueprint, High Value Manufacturing...
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Despite the uncertainty of COVID-19 restrictions, startup festival SouthStart is going ahead with a full set of in-person events this March, under the theme of revival. SouthStart is a...
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Australia’s chief scientist doesn’t want quantum to go the way of solar power in Australia, with relatively little return from a locally developed, globally transformative technology now present in...
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PwC more than doubled its revenue from the federal Health department in the last financial year as it cashed in on pandemic work outsourcing, with the global professional services...
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CSIRO’s innovation fund Main Sequence Ventures has led a $39 million investment into RIOS Intelligent Machines which will see the US-based AI factory robots firm come to Australian shores....
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The Coalition’s electric vehicle infrastructure grant scheme has been opened up to gas fuel projects and non-electric heavy vehicles after regulations were changed last year by energy minister Angus...
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Outgoing competition watchdog Rod Sims has laid out a post-pandemic economic reform plan for Australia centred on new merger rules, further crackdowns on Big Tech and a complete rework...