This fifth article in the Defending the NDIS series looks at the harm caused by algorithms and the perverted power politics of algorithms that is driving political debate. The...
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A sovereign manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre focusing on automation for composites will be established with just under $70 million in funding as part of a Coalition election campaign pitch....
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A software-specific working group for the research and development tax incentive would have avoided the recent challenges the scheme has faced, but was repeatedly rejected by the federal government...
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A feasibility study for a new ocean-energy market innovation hub in the southwest of Western Australia has been launched with the support of National Energy Resources Australia, one of...
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The latest round of federal government manufacturing grants has seen 19 Victorian manufacturers share in $94 million. Industry Minister Angus Taylor announced the Modern Manufacturing Initiative grants on Tuesday,...
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A $5 million trial of a digital skills passport will be launched to help match workers with tech jobs as part of a Coalition election pitch. Employment Minister Stuart...
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Northern Territory Chief Minister and Treasurer Michael Gunner delivered an NT budget on Tuesday with infrastructure support funding for advanced manufacturing and critical minerals processing before announcing his resignation,...
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A new MedTech and digital health partnership has been signed between the University of Western Australia and the Texas Medical Center in the United States. This allows the sharing...
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The federal government’s long-running, $450 million digital identity scheme is “over-engineered” and has cost too much for what has been delivered so far, according to former government chief information...
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Big Tech companies should be automatically designated under the media bargaining code and ministerial discretion scrapped in order to avoid the initiative being a “missed opportunity”, a new Reset...
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Queensland-based rocket company Gilmour Space Technologies has secured a $15 million deal to develop and launch satellites for the Department of Defence by mid-2023. Gilmour Space will develop a...
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Adelaide-based space company Southern Launch has landed a near-$5 million federal government grant as part of the latest round of Modern Manufacturing Initiative funding, in which seven manufacturers shared...
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Australia and its allies are now faced with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a greenfield quantum technology industry, predicted by analysts to be worth more than $1 trillion over...
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The early bird entry deadline for the 2022 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence closes tonight, Monday May 9, at midnight, so if you’re doing something great, or if there is...