Australia’s digital and data ministers have agreed to “actively explore” a national digital identity system, stepping up the language of previous commitments ahead of Tuesday’s budget. The federal government...
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will on Tuesday unveil changes to employee share scheme regulation to make it easier for Australian companies to compete for talent, and to remove a ‘perverse’...
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Long-time industry advocate and former Cabinet minister Kim Carr has announced his retirement from politics after serving nearly 30 years as a Senator. Senator Carr announced on Sunday morning...
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The Western Australian government has committed $25.5 million to expand its cyber security services by hiring more staff, with the funding used to transform the Cyber Security Unit at...
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New Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb has begun her term as the first woman in the role, replacing Rod Sims after almost 11 years. Ms...
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The three eastern seaboard states have made a start on a project to build a “renewable hydrogen” highway, with the state governments of Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria...
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A consortium known as the Australian Space Manufacturing Network and led by Gilmour Space Technologies has secured $52 million in federal funding to manufacture launch vehicles and satellites and...
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The first two years of the pandemic have been a winner in Canberra for consulting giant Deloitte, which has grown revenue from federal contracts by nearly 70 per cent,...
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Quantum technology, mRNA vaccines and aerospace manufacturing are among 13 joint research projects to share in $32 million in co-investments through the federal government’s Cooperative Research Centre Projects initiative....
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The minority report of a Senate committee looking at government’s controversial “anti-trolling” bill says it needs “substantial amendments” and that there is not enough time to get this done...
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South Australian Deputy Premier Susan Close will also serve as the state’s industry and science minister in the Labor government’s new Cabinet. Premier Peter Malinauskas announced his Cabinet on...
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The electric vehicle industry group has lashed the federal government’s “stunning failure” to support the domestic market after revelations second-hand Teslas are selling for more than retail price in...
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Tech bros are not known for their embrace of diversity. The software industry in particular is notorious for a culture of sexism and white monoculturalist. The rot, as it...
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Better industry data is needed in order to adequately support and grow the Western Australian startup ecosystem, according to the head of the state’s startup advocacy group. StartupWA chair...