University of New South Wales materials scientist Professor Veena Sahajwalla has been named the New South Wales Australian of the Year in recognition of her innovative recycling and green...
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Australia’s national science agency has scored a five-year, multi-million dollar partnership with Google to work on national missions around clean energy and artificial intelligence. The partnership is a key...
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Google has launched a $1 billion, five-year digital initiative in Australia as the tech giant looks to thaw its frosty relationship with the federal government following a tense year....
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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, little was generally known about messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines based on RNA biotechnology. Rather than putting a weakened germ inside our bodies, an mRNA...
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Sunlight is the best disinfectant, or so the saying goes. Although chief executive and founder of GERMii, Harold Van Haltren, would be quick to point out that it’s not...
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The University of Technology Sydney has ended its global search for a new vice-chancellor by sticking with acting leader Professor Andrew Parfitt. An Australian space industry veteran, Professor Parfitt...
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Australia’s leading VC firms have urged the federal government to maintain and improve its tax breaks for venture capital investments, saying they are “integral” to Australia’s economic future. Treasury...
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Australia’s data portability scheme will be applied to the energy sector within a year under the latest government rule changes, announced Friday. From October 2022, energy providers will be...
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Australian businesses should consider and seek guidance on the influence of foreign governments on their technology suppliers and ensure they operate with autonomy as part of the federal government’s...
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A government bill banning New South Wales police from accessing COVID-19 check in data is expected to become law this week, after passing the Upper House with bipartisan support...
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Commercialisation has for many decades been a pain point for the Australian science and technology sectors. We do the science brilliantly, punching well above our weight in terms of...
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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called for a new regional digital economy agreement to set the rules and best practices of cross border digital trade and investment,...
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The Prime Minister has applied a blow-torch to Big Tech at the G20 CEO Summit in Auckland, demanding the tech giants come up with industry codes of practice that...
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Universally known as JP, John-Paul Syriatowicz is the co-founder and chairman of Sydney-based enterprise digital experience platform and transformation delivery specialists Squiz. Squiz began life more than 20 years...