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Building on our strength in clinical trials

It is no accident that the idea of Australia “punching above its weight” became a colloquial commonplace in the 1980s and 1990s. It was the time when Australian efforts...

Tech ministers examine sovereign procurement

10 September 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government is looking at using its procurement power to boost local industry and is examining the work of the New South Wales government’s new sovereign procurement taskforce...

Health dept stands by COVIDSafe app

14 August 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal Health department has stood by COVIDSafe at a Senate hearing, despite confirming it was yet to identify a new close contact in Victoria, where contact tracers stopped...

Aust-US ties on science and tech bolstered

14 August 2020 | by Elise McDonald

Australia and the United States have moved to strengthened their history of collaboration through a senior-level dialogue on science and frontier technologies led by Industry Minister Karen Andrews. Minister...

Govt seeks input on mass vaccine capability

12 August 2020 | by James Riley

The federal government has put out a nationwide call to local manufacturers seeking information as part of preparation to produce future vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 at scale. The...

NSW to launch its own contact trace app

12 August 2020 | by Denham Sadler

New South Wales will soon have its own contact tracing app with the state government trialling a new function on its digital licence to enable venue-based tracing that will...

Senate R&D tax inquiry delayed again

4 August 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The uncertainty for companies accessing the R&D tax incentive is set to continue with the Senate committee tasked with investigating the planned $1.8 billion cuts to the scheme delayed...

Citizen experience, policy agility and data

3 August 2020 | by Matt Kain and Jayant Sharma

Every one of us now expects excellent customer service wherever we go – be it at our local supermarket, on a banking app or when buying something online. Personalised...

Mixed finding on COVIDSafe privacy: Research

12 July 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The researchers behind a new report used by the federal government to tout COVIDSafe as “the most secure” contact tracing app in the world say that a decentralised model...

Australia falls behind on R&D recovery

6 July 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Australia is “in danger of being left behind” as most other developed nations place R&D investment at the centre of their COVID-19 economic recoveries, UTS Innovation Council chair Professor...

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