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WA pilot starts down a long road to e-invoicing

The west’s transport agency Main Roads WA will be the first arm of the state government to trial e-invoicing as a pilot project with Adelaide-based digital invoicing specialist Link4...

Investment Council chief Yasser El-Ansary steps down

The influential chief executive of the Australian Investment Council, Yasser El-Ansary, has stood down after nearly a decade in the role. The Council, which represents the Australian venture capital...

Manufacturers ‘in limbo’ as local RATs head overseas

Several Australian companies are manufacturing rapid antigen tests locally with government support but sending the kits offshore due to approval delays, with the federal Labor slamming the government for...

David Skellern to chair CSIRO spinout QuasarSat

Legendary Australian scientist and deep tech entrepreneur David Skellern, a member of the original team that built the world’s first WiFi chipset, has been appointed as chair of the...

Nuclear power: an industry whose glory years never arrived

The prospect of nuclear power should be dubbed ‘The Great Distraction.’* A look at one historical text has lessons for us all in making technology predictions. Albert Einstein’s famous...

Accessibility issues: RAT tests and the vision impaired

The at home COVID-19 testing key to Australia’s pandemic recovery is not accessible to blind and low vision users, prompting warnings from advocates the sudden shift to self-testing has...

Gig Guide: Microsoft chief to lead NSW skills board

There are changes across top tech jobs in the public and private sector while Sydney is asking consultants and Big Tech how to kick start its economic recovery. Australia’s...

McKinsey paid $10k a day for AdBlue analysis

The federal government is paying a consulting giant nearly $10,000 a day for supply and demand analysis of a critical diesel exhaust fluid but refuses to disclose exactly how...

Funding boost to govt women in STEM programs

The Industry department has opened a $13 million STEM diversity grants round while the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering has been given $41 million to run a...