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Teen social media ban faces a new wildcard: teenagers

When 13-year-old Jasmine Elkin tried out the age-checking software Australia might use to ban children and teenagers from social media, she was surprised some products could identify a person’s...

WA government doubles Strategic Industries Fund to $1bn

The Western Australian government will tip another $500 million into the state’s Strategic Industries Fund, deepening its commitment to future industrial projects at several sites across the state. The funding,...

NAB hit with record fine for consumer data right breach

National Australia Bank has been slapped with the country’s largest ever fine under the consumer data sharing regime for failing to disclose credit limit information on four occasions. The...

Southeast Asia in race for more gas to power AI demand

Energy majors are pouring money into gas exploration and production in Malaysia and Indonesia to meet rising power demand from growing populations and a proliferation of data centres in...

Defence initiates testing $30m in anti-drone tech for troops

Defence has begun testing wearable technologies from almost a dozen local and overseas companies to protect Australian troops against kamikaze drone attacks while on patrol. InnovationAus.com can reveal the...

Regulation overhaul for genetically modified food, cultured meat

Australia’s food standards regulator has simultaneously overhauled the definition of genetically modified food while approving the first cultured meat product for sale in Australia and New Zealand, marking a...

Sally-Ann Williams set to leave incubator Cicada Innovations

Sally-Ann Williams will step down as the chief executive of deep tech incubator and Tech23 organiser Cicada Innovations after six years in the role supporting Australian science and technology....

NSW Police lands $126m for network, cyber uplift

The New South Wales government has earmarked almost $126 million in its upcoming state Budget for critical network, cybersecurity  and payroll system upgrades at NSW Police. The lion’s share...

Spender calls for revenue-based tax on Big Tech

Federal teal independent MP Allegra Spender has called for the Albanese government to impose a revenue-based Digital Services Tax on Big Tech multinationals to protect the nation’s tax base....