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Alfred blows away the Gilmour Space launch window

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has combined with an ongoing regulatory blizzard to blow away Gilmour Space Technologies’ launch window for the maiden flight of its Eris rocket, which was to...

Gender bias holding back Australia’s ICT Sector

Australia’s tech workforce is growing at twice the national average. Tech exports have doubled in the past decade, making the sector one of Australia’s fastest-growing economic drivers — but...

NRF goes west with new board member

The corporation managing a $15 billion federal industry fund will establish a permanent presence in Western Australia following a request by the state government, after the fund poured almost...

Quantum Brilliance unveils Pawsey research integration

Canberra startup Quantum Brilliance and the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Western Australia on Monday unveiled a significant milestone in its ongoing quantum computing integration research. The research partners say...

‘It takes a lot of capital’: AgTechs lament VC roadblock

A fundamental disconnect between venture capital firms and AgTech startups, in part due to long development cycles, is damaging Australia’s prospects of leading the global charge for change in...

Life sciences are a sleeping giant for the economy

Key to securing Australia’s high standard of living is in diversifying our economy from one that is skewed toward commodity export and focus more to value-adding. It will mean...

NSW exploring state VC fund in innovation push

An upcoming NSW innovation plan looks set to arrive this month with a state venture capital fund to fill in the strategic gaps left by private investors, like manufacturing....

Fleet’s ‘hyper factory’ emerges from Space Park ashes

Almost two years after Australian Space Park was shelved, Fleet Space Technologies will push ahead with plans to build a ‘hyper factory’ capable of scaling production of its cutting-edge...

Ming Long named new CSIRO chairwoman

Experienced board director Ming Long has been appointed the new chair of national science agency CSIRO, replacing Kathryn Fagg, who has stepped down after more than three years. Ms...

Top industry advisory board gets a low-profile makeover

The federal government has quietly, almost silently, appointed four new directors to the board of Industry, Innovation and Science Australia (IISA) to fill vacancies that had been open for...

Greens push to hit Big Tech giants with $11.5bn tax

Google, Amazon and other major digital platforms would be hit with an annual 3 per cent tax on their revenue in Australia by default under a Greens proposal to...