As Australia prepares to turn the corner on coronavirus and individuals wind down social isolation – at least partially – the question on many minds is: how the world...
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Uvex is a family-owned German manufacturer of sporting and personal protective equipment that will soon celebrate the centenary of its founding. The company’s managing director Stefan Brück says that...
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Australian AI specialists SenSen Networks has secured a $2.5 million deal with the City of Las Vegas to provide a range of intelligent transportation and smart city solutions. The...
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For a signature policy that is clearly a source of great pride for former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the landmark National Innovation and Science Agenda is given surprisingly short...
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A privacy report on the government’s controversial contact tracing app will be released this week, with the app’s source code also to be made public and scrutinised as the...
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The federal government has admitted it is facing an uphill battle to go where other countries have failed, and to legally force Google and Facebook to share ad revenue...
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When I grew up in Adelaide there was a feeling that South Australia was the centre of manufacturing. The home of Holden and Chrysler, of the Hills Hoist and...
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Not enough people will download the government’s COVID-19 contact tracing app unless it adopts a “total privacy” model, the developer of a local version of the technology has warned....
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Of the seven delivery provider contracts worth $140 million awarded by the Department of Industry for its Entrepreneurs Programme, five contracts – worth about $109 million – were with...
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Former Tasmanian premier Will Hodgman has been appointed to lead the federal government’s Business Growth Fund, despite legislation paving the way for the initiative not having yet passed through...
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To have any chance of getting millions of Australians to use its COVID-19 contact tracing app the federal government will have to earn the trust of the public and...
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The strategic investment by US intelligence-linked venture capital firm In-Q-Tel in the Sydney headquartered quantum startup Q-CTRL brings with it a lot more clout than money. Ironically the participation...
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At the recent AFR banking and wealth conference, held as a virtual event during these unprecedented times, ACCC chairman Rod Sims reasserted a commitment to keeping the July 1...
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The Australian public can trust the government to build and run a contact tracing app that is secure and preserves privacy, a number of Coalition ministers have argued. After...