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Business spending on R&D has flatlined in Australia

Total spending by Australian business on research and development remains at 2012 levels, despite small increases in each of the past three financial years. A new Australian Bureau of Statistics...

Vaccine certificate data coming to state check-in apps

State and territory COVID-19 check-in apps will be granted access to federal government data showing whether citizens have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, with the functionality expected to go...

DTA offloads COVIDSafe, other projects in shake-up

The Digital Transformation Agency has confirmed it will move several high value technology projects to other agencies, including management of the controversial COVIDSafe app, as part of sweeping machinery...

Commissioners release COVID-19 privacy principles

Australia’s federal and state privacy commissioners have released guidance for developing tools that protect public health and enable increased mobility as Australia embarks on a pathway out of COVID-19....

Insurer backs Myriota to monitor assets from space

Insurance Australia Group will use satellites and the Internet of Things to monitor its customers’ business and agricultural assets under a new partnership with Adelaide space startup Myriota. The...

WA lithium refinery to bring back battery value chain

Wesfarmers has secured ground for a new lithium refinery in southern Perth as part of its joint venture to control the full value chain of lithium hydroxide, a chemical...

Don’t wait for emerging tech on emissions: ATSE

The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering has urged the government not to wait for emerging technologies to mature to achieve significant carbon emission reductions, but to push ahead...

Australia has no opposition on national security issues

Opinion: When it comes to sweeping new national security powers, Australia does not have a Opposition political party. Time and time again over the last decade, the two major...

The pillars of Australia’s research system

Opinion: Australia is preparing to make substantial investments in the assets, facilities and services that support research and innovation. An expert working group, led by Dr Ziggy Switkowski, is...

Billion-dollar boom forecast for govt IT spend

Australian governments are forecast to spend more than $6.4 billion dollars next year on IT services like consultants, managed services and cloud infrastructure, as part of a near double-digit...