The Bureau of Meteorology is set to open a space weather hub in Adelaide that will monitor events like solar flares, which can disrupt services like GPS for navigation...
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The Queensland government is preparing a 10-year innovation plan based on research it commissioned that predicts the state could create 80,000 new jobs and add $11 billion to the...
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Recent revelations by a Facebook whistleblower that the social media giant puts “astronomical profits before people” are a reminder of the need to regulate Big Tech, according to Communications...
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The federal government has significantly relaxed the accreditation rules around the Consumer Data Right, with participating companies to be able to “sponsor” smaller firms to take part in the...
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Labor is set to go on the “front foot” with industry policy in the lead up to the election following the announcement of another new government minister, with shadow...
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It is an enormous pleasure to announce the outstanding finalists across 11 categories for the inaugural InnovationAus 2021 Awards for Excellence. Putting this awards program together has been one...
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There has never been more attention on Australia’s medtech and biotechnology industry, with the COVID-19 pandemic shining a spotlight on the sector and its importance to the country’s health...
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The spotlight was shone firmly on Australia’s advanced manufacturing sector late last year when Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a $1.5 billion manufacturing strategy. This included the $1.3 billion...
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The InnovationAus 2021 WildCard Award celebrates unique and innovative Australian individuals and companies that are so unique and innovative that they don’t fit into the other categories. The category...
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With every state and territory setting net zero emissions targets and billions of investment dollars flooding in, green technology and renewable energy is poised to disrupt almost every sector...
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Food and AgriTech has been one of Australia’s most promising innovative sectors of the economy, with a rapidly growing startup ecosystem emerging around it. The food industry has been...
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The cybersecurity defences of many privately-run Australian companies have become a national priority, with the federal government set to soon pass critical infrastructure laws that would allow the government...
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The defence sector is a fundamental pillar of Australian industrial development policy. The Prime Minister Scott Morrison made this abundantly clear when he added “Science and Technology” to Defence...
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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...