If Australian government, business and defence leaders want another confronting example of 21st century asymmetric capability in innovation ambition and speed of execution, take a look at Chris Power...
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More than 200,000 attempts to use stolen identity credentials legitimately were blocked by the federal government’s anti-fraud register in just seven months — a 66 per cent increase since...
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CSIRO chief executive Doug Hilton has ruled out cuts to “research capacity” at the national science agency this financial year as a major restructure of it’s enterprise division continues....
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The Industry department has reopened its investigation of a procurement scandal involving its defunct $484 million innovation program after the matter was passed back to it by federal police...
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The Australian Research Council has awarded $68.1 million in the latest annual round of the Linkage Program to 92 new research projects. ARC acting chief executive Richard Johnson this...
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The Employment department has conceded its automated messages telling jobseekers to work around a government tech issue or risk losing their payments was wrong and has updated the message....
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Social media companies failing to fight scams on their platforms will be subject to fines of up to $50 million under a new framework brought before Parliament on Thursday....
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Australia has the potential to become one of the world’s leading suppliers of cancer-fighting cell therapy treatments, but our leadership must make some bold decisions if we are to...
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Australia will move to ban social media for children under the age of 16, with the federal government expected to introduce world-first legislation to Parliament before the end of...
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There is fast moving technology revolution underway right now that has the potential to transform Australian industry — holding the promise of huge cost savings, massive productivity and improved...
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The federal government’s overhaul of aged care technology was poorly planned and beset by delays as consultants and foreign software vendors were handed more than half a billion dollars....
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Defence spent $90 million before cancelling a tender process, which had already selected Lockheed Martin, to own and operate three to five geostationary satellites, officials have revealed. The satellite...
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Macquarie University has ratcheted-up ambitions for commercialising technology in the semiconductor industry, launching an on-campus Silicon Platforms Lab (SiP Lab) in collaboration with local startup Atto Devices. The structure...
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The federal government’s broad definition of an Australian business is hurting the country’s economic complexity, a group of local defence, technology and space companies collectively worth more than $5...