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Defence revises up cost of scrapped satellite program

Defence has revised up its spending on a planned military-grade satellite communication system that was cancelled 18 months after Lockheed Martin was selected, putting the new cost at $102...

PC begins deep dive into data, digital and net-zero policy

The Productivity Commission has called for policy ideas to boost productivity through data and digital technologies – as well as by investing in the net-zero transformation – to inform...

Gig Guide: Former CSIRO deputy chief scientist joins AWS

The CSIRO’s former deputy chief scientist Dr Jill Freyne is now Amazon Web Services’ healthcare industry manager, her first private sector role since joining the national science agency 15...

PsiQuantum says Brisbane site on track as Chicago races ahead

PsiQuantum says it is on track to break ground on the mammoth manufacturing and production facility for its attempts to build the world’s first utility- scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer...

Govt lays down next quantum challenges

The federal government will fund exploratory quantum work in biosecurity, health, transport and energy networks with up to $18 million in a bid to develop the local sector and...

Turbocharging clean manufacturing will take bold policy

Australia stands at a critical juncture in its energy transformation. As the global economy pivots towards sustainability, our nation has a unique opportunity to reimagine industrial policy and position...

How Australia’s Big Tech news ‘incentive’ will work

Facebook, Google and TikTok parent companies will be charged penalties if they fail to strike new commercial agreements with news publishers under a scheme announced by the Albanese government...

$150m Series D lifts Fleet Space valuation sky-high

Fleet Space Technologies has closed a $150 million Series D funding round, bringing the nanosatellite startup’s valuation to more than $800 million – twice what it was worth less...

Oracle clears hurdle for government cloud push

Oracle has been cleared to host sensitive and whole-of-government data on its physically isolated cloud in Canberra, making it the only cloud player to have been certified twice under...

Countdown: Gilmour Space closes in on Testflight One mission

Gilmour Space Technologies has completed the final wet-test of its Eris orbital rocket and pending final documentation from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, expects to nominate a launch for...

Privacy reform analysis ‘hidden under a rock’

Key analysis of the impact of sweeping changes to privacy law won’t be released by the government, which has invoked a blanket protection to keep it hidden as the...

Ex-Atlassians raise $2m for SaaS data startup

Three ex-Atlassian employees have raised $2 million in a seed round led by their former employer and Queensland’s sovereign wealth fund to get their analytics startup off the ground...