The national science agency will support up to 25 small to medium businesses working in the Australian space sector with a new program that offers training, mentorship, and access...
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has awarded $1.5 million in support for a feasibility study into a green hydrogen hub at Newcastle, the east coast’s biggest port. The study...
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The recent determination by the privacy watchdog on facial recognition should be a warning for Australian governments and companies using the technology, with legislated protections urgently needed, former Human...
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The tax office will pay big four consultancy Deloitte more than $1 million per month over the next year to help it with agency-wide data and analytics, despite employing...
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It’s 7am as six rotor blades begin to whir on top of an agricultural drone the size of a dinner table. The machine hovers, spraying arms crouched around the...
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The federal government will not put in place any electric vehicle subsidies, mandates or targets as part of its newly unveiled EV strategy, which the chief executive of a...
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Australia’s new data portability scheme could lead to “hyper-tailored” retirement income based on a person’s insurance, health and financial data, according to the minister leading the initiative. In a...
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There is a way forward for Australia to zero emissions given the leadership being shown by the states and industry. There is no point expecting federal politicians to fix...
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Swinburne University of Technology has launched an aerospace research hub to help develop lighter planes, cheaper spacecraft and flying taxis, after receiving $12 million in Victorian government support. Known...
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The federal Opposition will launch a national anti-scams centre, introduce a new minister focused on the issue and enforce more rules for social media firms if it wins the...
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The federal government’s decision to bypass its own science agency and pay $6 million to a multinational consulting firm for key modelling work on its net-zero plan “doesn’t make...
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Australian scientists have urged political leaders to address Australia’s falling levels of research funding in their upcoming election policies or risk a further slide down global rankings as other...
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The tax office has handed Accenture a $31.5 million contract extension for just three extra months work on consolidating business registers, the federal government’s flagship digital initiative from last...
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It is hard to imagine that scientists only finished mapping the human genome in 2003. In less than two decades we have gone from translating that very first human...