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ANAO to scrutinise Australia’s vaccine rollout

The national audit office will put a spotlight on Australia’s troubled vaccine rollout, with an inquiry to report back early next year. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has...

Ransomware rise a concern: Privacy Commissioner

Data breaches arising from ransomware incidents increased by 24 per cent in the first half of the year, prompting Australia’s Privacy Commissioner to warn that such attacks “are a...

Govt funds 5G tech trials with $20m

The federal government has folded two rounds of a $20 million 5G innovation program into one, announcing all 19 grant recipients on Sunday after what it said was high...

Geelong’s GT Recycling gets $3m capacity boost

GT Recycling has been awarded a $3 million state/federal grant for a $4.7 million expansion project, which will see the Geelong company able to process an extra 8,000 tonnes of...

Certified Strategic data centres double

Three more vendors have received the highest certification required to hold sensitive government data, joining the three which have been certified since the scheme came in to force in...

Resources sector can help Australian space push

The technology developed by Australia’s resources sector to remotely operate mines could enable Australia to become a key player in providing similar services in space, a director from the...

New thinking needed for tech commercialisation

Research commercialisation outcomes can be improved by better leveraging publicly-funded research infrastructure to assist early-stage deep tech companies in Australia, rather than putting the squeeze on more fundamental research...

Gov’t backs medical innovation, research with $79m

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced $79 million in grants for three organisations to help develop new medical devices, medicines and digital health technologies, with half the money...

Google, Apple face further ACCC regulation

Competition tsar Rod Sims says the regulator is considering strengthening its “toolkit” to go after tech giants, flagging new regulatory frameworks and merger law to keep up with the...

Origin Energy launches startup program Originate

Energy provider Origin has launched a new program in partnership with innovation hub Stone & Chalk to connect the corporate with startups which can help it make energy “easier,...

CSL profit, revenue up 10%, but share price falls

There seems to be no pleasing demanding shareholders with biotechnology giant CSL punished by the market despite announcing a greater than ten per cent rise in both revenues and...

Devs go it alone after DTA ditches design system

Australian developers have been forced to go it alone to keep the government design system running after it was abruptly ditched by the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) this month,...