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Stability key for science outcomes

It started so well. A quantum computing professor, Michelle Simmons, was named Australian of the Year and for a moment 2018 looked like it would be a bright and...

Research ‘at risk’: MYEFO cuts

The Australian science and technology sector has been left “perplexed and disappointed” by the federal government’s “ram raid” cuts to research grants, with up to 500 PhD scholarships to...

Year in review: Front-end 2018

With another year almost over, InnovationAus.com has put together a two-part recap of the key highlights of an extraordinary 2018. For this first part, we’ll look at what happened...

Message from the Publisher

As the clock runs down on 2018, InnovationAus.com is taking the pulse of our readership through a short survey to make sure we are on the right track and...

Global Talent on the radar: MYEFO

A new $13 million global talent scheme program has been unveiled by the federal government, providing fast-tracked visas to STEM-focused companies, following the launch of a pilot program earlier...

On reflection: Politics and tech

This is a good time of the year to reflect on our industry and its place in today’s society – not so much in respect of all of the...

Labor to ‘preserve’ R&D tax scheme

The federal opposition has pledged to “preserve” the research and development tax incentive after accusing the government of “wrecking” the popular scheme. At the Labor Party’s national conference in...

Labor confronts AI underspending

Labor’s National Conference has formally adopted into its platform a significantly boosted policy profile for artificial intelligence, committing a future Shorten government to the development of new AI capability...

Mergers changes to hit startups

The competition watchdog’s proposed changes to Australian merger and acquisition laws could damage local tech companies and their ability to reach an exit, according to Tamme co-founder Jessica Glenn...

QLD warns feds on digital overreach

Queensland’s Digital Technology Minister Mick de Brenni has lashed out at Federal Digital Transformation Minister Michael Kennan for using the Australian Digital Council to “water down” state regulations. Mr...

Ethics challenge for AI and IAG

Fresh from its monstering three months ago at the hands of the banking Royal Commission, the local insurance giant IAG has turned up as the primary sponsor of a...

Re-identification a real concern

Risks of re-identification are very real, so we must approach the sharing of anonymised data carefully. But with tremendous benefits on offer it is worth the effort, according to...

Building confidence in data benefits

We must understand how to build and maintain the trust of humans in order to unlock and deliver the great social and commercial value in data, according to Caity...

AustCyber faces encryption reality

The federal government’s cybersecurity growth centre has turned its attention to helping the local sector face the reality of the nation’s new encryption laws. AustCyber has met with Home...