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Set the clock: Gilmour to open May 15 launch window

Gilmour Space Technologies has been given Civil Aviation Safety Authority approval for the maiden launch of its Eris orbital rocket, and pending final sign-off from the Australian Space Agency...

Returned Albanese pledges to keep building local capability

Tens of billions of dollars in government investment in new industries and manufacturing capability is secure after Labor won the 2025 federal election and returned the Albanese government for...

Critical Minerals, Critical Questions: Is Stockpiling Enough?

The Australian government’s new $1.2 billion critical minerals stockpile plan appears to be more of a political statement than a transformative industrial policy. While some headlines have framed it...

The Gig Guide: ATN appoints new chair

The Australian Technology Network (ATN) of Universities has appointed former  chief defence scientist and University of Newcastle Vice-Chancellor Professor Alex Zelinsky AO as its new chair. Professor Zelinsky will...

Technology unis call for CPI-indexed R&D funding

Australia should follow other nations in pegging public funding for research to inflation to give researchers and partners more confidence, technology focused universities have told a generation review of...

Mixed fortunes: AI powers cloud, tariffs hit consumer devices

The fortunes of Big Tech are diverging in a rapidly changing business landscape, as demand for artificial intelligence fuels growth in cloud and digital ads while consumer electronics take...

Tech roles surge 55% in digitisation decade

The last decade has seen rapid growth of the tech workforce as organisations digitally transformed, with the number of these workers increasing 55 per cent, according to new analysis...

The silence on tech policy is setting off alarm bells

Days out from a federal election and almost nothing has been uttered on tech policy in a month-long campaign, with political leaders overlooking or undercooking transformative issues like artificial...