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Q-CTRL software hits the market

Australian quantum computing software startup Q-CTRL has launched its first product to the public, Black Opal. The software brings a friendly user interface to the quantum domain for the...

Health research starved of data

The government needs to provide Australian medical and health researchers with better access to valuable data in order to improve the health of the population and cash in on...

Encryption bill fight gets ugly

The political debate over the highly contentious encryption bill has become even uglier as a vote fast-approaches, with the government accusing Labor of “running a protection racket” for terrorists....

Data Republic’s $22m data bridge

Data Republic is on a mission to build a cross-border data trading platform using the $22 million it has just raised in Series B funding. The funding round was...

$26m lost on biometric project 

At least $26 million in taxpayer funds was lost on the national crime intelligence commission’s doomed biometrics project before it was canned earlier this year. In June the ACIC...

Innovation as better cooperation

It seems Australia’s experiment at being a world leader at ‘innovation’ is over, with the abrupt departure of its champion, Malcolm Turnbull. The then prime minister made headlines with...

SA Premier’s new drive for space

South Australia’s Premier has high hopes that the state will win the national competition to host Australia’s space agency, with a decision expected as soon as this week. South...

Funding spotlight on Growth Centres

The future of the government’s signature Industry Growth Centres program is under a growing cloud with Labor industry spokesman Kim Carr openly questioning whether the public is getting value...

Labor rejects encryption bill

The Opposition has rejected the federal government’s calls for its contentious encryption bill to be passed before Christmas, labelling it “unworkable” and that it  would “potentially weaken Australia’s security”....

Pakula new Vic Innovation Minister

Former Attorney-General Martin Pakula has been appointed as the new Victorian innovation minister as part of a major state government cabinet reshuffle. Mr Pakula, who served as the chief...

Fitzpatrick joins energy startup

Rob Fitzpatrick has officially wrapped up his exit from his role as CEO of the Australian Information Industry Association, announcing he is now the CEO of energy startup Gelion....

An Animal Logic to Export Awards

The Sydney-based digital movie studio Animal Logic and Tasmania’s Echoview Software – which build hydra-acoustic data visualisations for assessing fish populations in the wild – were just two of...

CeBIT Hannover 2019 cancelled

Organisers of the world’s largest annual technology conference may have cancelled CeBIT Hannover for 2019 as part of an event portfolio restructure, but CeBIT Australia will still go ahead...

Shorten offers big lift in science

Opposition leader Bill Shorten would return science to the centre of government decision-making and drive central efforts to lift the nation’s spending on research and development by billions of...