After decades perfecting digging and shipping, Australia’s resource sector has become a hotbed for innovative automation and robotics technologies. But a rapidly changing global economy means the local sector...
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Australia’s universities are under pressure to translate their world-leading research into commercial outcomes after the loss of international students and growing scrutiny of translation by the federal government. It’s...
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Domestic capability in the space sector has taken great strides in recent years on the back of greatly increased national investment in the industry. Space-related technologies and services have...
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“We can rebuild him. We have the technology.” was a well-known phrase in the 1970s. It came from long-running US TV series The Six Million Dollar Man, about fictional...
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Opinion: Australia is a world leader in drone technology. From surveying to agriculture to deliveries and passenger transport, Australia is at the cutting edge of drone hardware, software, payload...
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The Prime Minister’s decision to split responsibility for Christian Porter’s former Industry, Science and Technology portfolio between two existing cabinet ministers has been given a broadly positive reception from...
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The Technology Council of Australia has called on both major political parties to back its plan to deliver one million tech jobs by 2025 as the new industry group...
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The federal government has finally unveiled exposure legislation expanding its digital identity program to state governments and the private sector, with a whirlwind consultation period commencing before it is...
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Australia’s peak science group has called for the use of “industry brokers” at national research facilities and repeated its push for a dedicated research translation fund to incentivise domestic...
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The industry portfolio has been split in two following Christian Porter’s fall from grace, with Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price taking on the extra responsibility of science and technology and...
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An Australian healthtech company has its sights set on the digital infrastructure behind the multitrillion-dollar healthcare market after nearly a decade building out a digital platform that began as...
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In a chaotic day in Australian politics the New South Wales premier resigned, and the federal innovation portfolio was split in the latest cabinet reshuffle. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian...
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Opinion: The stage gate process (sometimes also called a technology readiness level) has increasingly become a necessary function within any innovation workflow. Many companies and institutions place a high...
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The federal government has announced a $30 million project to design a new radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facility at Lucas Heights in NSW, where 80 per cent of the country’s nuclear...