FinTech Australia has appointed investor and finance executive Andrew Porter as its new chief executive. Mr Porter, a 20-year industry veteran who advises several local FinTech’s boards, said reconnecting...
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School-aged children will be able to obtain a “digital licence” which gives them the skills to use the internet safely, under an election commitment from the federal Opposition. Labor...
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Early in the pandemic, the COVIDSafe app was designed as a tool to improve contact tracing. And a multimedia campaign promoted it as helping to find more COVID contacts...
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Facebook has lost its Federal Court appeal against a ruling that it is breached privacy laws by tracking Australian users and failing to protect the data. The American tech...
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Two urea fertiliser projects with the potential to replace imports have been given the green light through federal loans and major project status. The Perdaman Chemicals project in the...
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The South Australian government has announced its delivery of more than $915,000 in funding to three businesses as part of an innovation challenge aimed at bolstering industry-research collaboration. Launched...
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Unions have called on the Prime Minister to commit to a minimum level of local industry involvement in the upcoming nuclear submarine program after a senior Defence official reportedly...
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The public cloud market leader has lost another of its local bosses to a partner firm while a former New South Wales transport secretary has jumped back to the...
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No-one in research is going to argue against an extra $2 billion aimed at improving the commercialisation and translation outcomes of university research, and the creation of new industry...
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A Senate committee has given the greenlight to a bill that would introduce long promised collective investment vehicles in Australia and to defer the taxation point of employee share...
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Australia’s international vaccination certificate is the “gold standard” in security and sets a benchmark for digital government services going forward, according to Verizon Asia-Pacific regional vice-president Robert Le Busque....
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Western Australia has launched Australia’s largest microgrid, shortly after the state announced that its residential solar output has surpassed that of its largest power station. The $15 million investment...
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University researchers wanting funding from the government’s $2 billion commercialisation package will have to agree to standardised IP agreements with their business partners, but the Coalition has walked back...
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The manufacturing growth centre has awarded $9 million in matched funding to a range of local manufacturers. The Commonwealth grants were distributed through the second round of the Advanced Manufacturing...