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Robotics sprint offers fast lane to global industry

Australia’s leading manufacturing robotics hub is hunting the nation’s most promising startups and innovators for a unique opportunity to link up with the world’s best researchers and industry in...

Quantum Brilliance outlines a future for quantum chipmaking

Quantum Brilliance will use its $30 million capital raise in part to expand its Melbourne-based development facility to scale the manufacturing processes for the synthetic diamond-based chips destined for...

Google claims quantum error correction breakthrough

Google claims to have overcome a key challenge in quantum error correction with the arrival of a new chip capable of solving problems in five minutes that would otherwise...

Victoria sets priority sectors ahead of new industry policy

Victoria will deliver a $20 million boost to five priority sectors, including advanced manufacturing and health technologies, through a new industry development fund. The fund, which will provide matched...

Equatorial Launch shifts spaceport from NT to Qld

Equatorial Launch Australia will close its Northern Territory spaceport and relocate to a new site on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland after continued delays securing a renewed lease...

NRF backs Quantum Brilliance with $13m investment

Canberra-based Quantum Brilliance has attracted a $13 million investment from the National Reconstruction Fund as part of the larger Series A round that will help scale up new production...

Older and deeper startups battle economic downturn

AI and deep tech are permeating through Australia’s startup sector, while founders are getting older and increasingly eyeing overseas opportunities, according to the latest Startup Muster report. Released in...

Victoria puts critical minerals approvals on fast track

The Victorian government will establish critical minerals priority development zones and centralise project approvals as part of a new roadmap designed to unlock rare earth deposits valued at an...

Automated systems still grounded at Services Australia

Services Australia still doesn’t have the legislative authority to re-commence the use of automated systems to support the processing of welfare claims 20 months since they were paused, according...

Talent demands soar amid Australia’s tech boom

Australia has established a healthy digital economy over the last decade, and Aussie businesses have embraced the latest technologies to take advantage of efficiencies and scale. However, to remain...

$20m AI research centre set up in South Australia

A new AI research centre has been set up in South Australia, bringing together experts from the CSIRO’s digital arm Data61 and the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML)...