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Frigate prototyping morphs into Catapult-style centre

The construction of nine Hunter-class frigates in Adelaide by BAE Systems Maritime is known for its pioneering work on digital manufacturing on a giant – $35 billion – scale....

Pressure on Space Agency to show fees are competitive

The Australian Space Agency is confident its processing time on launch and facility licences will come down after bringing on more staff and completing a full cycle of its...

The smart money bets on CRC-trained PhD innovators

Our Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told dozens of world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) to bet on scientists as the people who will lead the...

Home Affairs says it can’t build its own cyber hub

Home Affairs is paying international consultants Ernst & Young $2.5 million to help establish its cybersecurity hub because it lacks the “capacity and specialist knowledge” to do it in-house....

Rio Tinto and BlueScope combine on low-carbon steel

Miner Rio Tinto and steel producer BlueScope will work together to explore low-carbon steelmaking pathways using Pilbara iron ores, including the use of clean hydrogen to replace coking coal...

Qld joins game developer push with 15 per cent rebate

The Queensland government has followed other states in opening its digital production incentive to game developers, offering a 15 per cent rebate to developers working in the state from...

Govt paid McKinsey $6m for net-zero modelling work

The federal government paid US consulting giant McKinsey more than $6 million across this year to provide key modelling work for its technology-driven net-zero plan. Prime Minister Scott Morrison...

Hypersonix world-first 3D printed scramjet engine nears

Hydrogen-powered aerospace company Hypersonix Launch Systems has announced that it has placed an order with Amiga Engineering for a claimed world-first: a 3D printed, fixed-geometry scramjet engine. According to...

ACCC targeting Google’s $20b Apple search deal

Australia’s competition regulator wants new powers to stop Google from being the default search service on nearly every phone and computer in the country, warning the tech giant’s 94...

Govt floats industry-funded model for privacy office

The federal government has floated the idea of an industry-funded model for the nation’s privacy office, which has faced concerns of under-resourcing despite an increasing workload for several years....