The corporation managing the government’s $15 billion industry fund has agreed to review potential risks to the Commonwealth from its $32 million equity investment in a startup linked to...
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A remotely-operated underwater drone developed by an Australian robotics startup to inspect and repair salmon aquaculture nets has begun exports to the world’s largest producer. Southern Ocean Subsea secured...
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A 25-year journey to build an error-corrected quantum computer has taken a giant leap forward for PsiQuantum, with the Californian startup now ready for large-scale production of its photonics...
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One of government’s biggest technology service sellers has ditched diversity policies in the shadow of the Trump administration, raising questions about how it can remain a responsible supplier. Accenture,...
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Industry minister Ed Husic is expected to make four new appointments to the board of Industry, Innovation and Science Australia within days, but the whereabouts of an inconvenient IISA...
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Defence took back control of its troubled data consolidation overhaul from KPMG before it reached minimum viable capability late last year after identifying “deficiencies” with the contracted work, Senate...
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The Employment department on Wednesday apologised for its bug riddled and “dead ends” technology systems that have for years been incorrectly penalising hundreds of jobseekers, including 10 that died...
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Surging demand for artificial intelligence expertise and a scarcity of talent had created a yawning skills gap in Australia that is hindering companies’ ability to implement generative AI systems....
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Australia’s privacy watchdog has lost more than 30 per cent of its workforce in less than six months thanks to a budget cut that has triggered morale issues among...
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The Albanese government has landed on a definition of Australian business to reform a $75 billion procurement system that local suppliers warn is being gamed by foreign tech giants....
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency will provide more than $10 million in federal grants for two feasibility studies aimed at advancing sustainable aviation fuel projects with international reach. The...
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Western Australian startup lobby StartupWA has welcomed the Cook government’s just launched ‘Made in WA’ industry strategy, in particular the renewal of the state’s New Industries Fund. WA Premier...
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Universities will on Wednesday call for a suite of funding moves worth billions of dollars to lift the sector to the point it can churn out 1 million more...
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The Australian Research Council will lift its risk appetite for innovative but unproven ideas that could lead to future research breakthroughs under a proposed overhaul of non-medical research grants....