Home-grown rocket startup Gilmour Space Technologies has signed a multi-million dollar partnership with US-based Momentus to jointly offer launch and “orbital transport services” from an Australian site. Momentus is...
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There will be no fixes to the government’s highly controversial encryption powers this year with a committee report on the legislation now more than two months delayed. It has...
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Significant reforms to the popular Export Market Development Grant program have been given the green light by a Senate committee, but further details on the new rules won’t be...
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The government’s decision to completely overhaul the protocol underpinning COVIDSafe in an effort to improve functionality of the contact tracing app has done little to stem the ongoing calls...
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The government is rushing significant reforms to Australia’s foreign investment framework which have left much of the tech sector confused and concerned, according to the federal opposition. The government-led...
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The government’s proposed new powers to step in and take control of a company during a cyber-attack should not be applied to data storage companies, according to the Australian...
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Where will we find the manufacturing successes of tomorrow? It’s a fair question, and there’s always a fair bit of guesswork involved. One answer was given by the federal...
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison is set to bring cybersecurity back into Cabinet more than two years after he scrapped the ministerial position. In news handed to The Australian newspaper...
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The Morrison government has reached deep into corporate Australia to find a new chief executive for Austrade, the Australian Trade and Investment Commission, appointing the current group CEO and...
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When Facebook backed the Libra cryptocurrency in 2019, governments around the world took notice. Libra still hasn’t launched, but the Facebook cryptocurrency and China’s digital Yuan pilot are prompting...
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Northrop Grumman Corporation and Australian rocket startup Gilmour Space have signed a memorandum of understanding, with the aerospace giant to join a previously-announced and Gilmour-led CRC-P project to build...
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The Victorian budget “sets a new bar” for government support of technology and startups and has been broadly welcomed by leading figures in the sector. Treasurer Tim Pallas unveiled...
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The gig economy is in “crisis” and there is a need for urgent action from the federal government after the deaths of five delivery riders in Australia in the...
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A Bankstown Airport-headquartered startup, AMSL Aero, has officially launched its electric air ambulance, the Vertiia. The vertical takeoff and landing (or VTOL) vehicle — a flying car — is...