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Amaero to build strategic titanium powder plant

Metal additive manufacturing company Amaero International will invest $8 million to build what it calls the world’s most advanced titanium alloy powder manufacturing plant in Victoria. Using proprietary technology...

Rod Sims on the platforms inquiry, two years on

Two years ago, competition tsar Rod Sims handed his landmark final report on digital platforms to the federal government. But it was a decision 18 months earlier which laid...

Microsoft platform ‘pivotal’ to Vic vaccine rollout

The Microsoft vaccine management platform purchased earlier this year by the Victorian government has been “pivotal” in supporting the vaccine roll-out in the state, with functionality that extends far...

Data quality concerns surround open banking scheme

Questions remain about the quality of data being used in Australia’s “world leading” consumer data portability scheme one year after it was launched, according to its newest entrant. Basiq,...

Aussie AI takes on radiology diagnostics

An Australian healthcare joint-venture between artificial intelligence startup Harrison.ai and local radiology company I–MED Radiology Network has launched a chest X-ray diagnostic tool on the same day a peer-reviewed...

Deloitte to lead govt’s digital health project

The federal government has awarded Deloitte a significant contract to develop the “foundational capability” for Australia’s future national digital health ecosystem. Deloitte was awarded the deal by the Australian...

Defence adds $3m to university cyber research

The Department of Defence has funded three more Australian universities for their work with a US counterpart on cybersecurity research that could one day benefit defence forces. $3 million...

Gig Guide: Higher ed shakeup and Barnaby’s return

There are changes at the top of Australia’s universities, with vice-chancellors on the move at UTS, UNSW, USYD and RMIT, while Barnaby Joyce’s return to deputy leadership brings a...

IBM bringing cloud services to regional Australia

Regional businesses are significant contributors to Australia’s economy but must contend with many challenges from which their metropolitan area counterparts are largely spared: fire, drought, flood and, most recently,...

PM to get final say on $800m manufacturing grants

The guidelines for the collaboration stream of the federal government’s flagship manufacturing program have been released, with grants of up to $200 million for large “transformation” projects to be...

myGov rebuild panel is finally made public

The federal government has finally revealed the private contractors working on the redevelopment of the myGov platform, with a panel of providers dominated by multinational technology firms building the...

ABC quietly delays iview login plans, data sharing

The ABC has delayed the introduction of mandatory logins for its video streaming platform iview, amid concerns the requirement was unlawful and a risk to user privacy through the...

Australia-US in talks on space technology treaty

The Australian government will negotiate a bilateral treaty with the US for protections of space technology, in a bid to attract more American investment and access to sensitive technology...

Archives gets $67m lifeline for cyber, digital records

The funding-starved National Archives of Australia will receive $67.7 million in extra funding to digitise its decaying records, address a growing backlog of access applications, and bolster its cyber...