Tag: COVID-19

Govt orders $31m in Aust built respirators

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has reached a $31 million agreement with a consortium of manufacturers and engineering firms led by Victorian design engineers Grey Innovation to produce 2,000 ventilators by...

JobKeeper carve out for high growth startups

Posted on   |  by James Riley
High-growth companies that have been impacted by the health and economic crisis have been thrown a lifeline with a special carve-out to access the historic $130 billion JobKeeper package...

Push for pan-Europe contact tracing app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The European Union’s privacy commissioner has called for the coordinated use of COVID-19 contact tracing apps to ensure privacy is upheld as much as possible. European Data Protection Supervisor...

Telehealth roll-out should be permanent

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The rapid expansion in the use of telehealth due to the COVID-19 pandemic could transform healthcare in Australia in the longer-term, and many of the recent policy changes should...

Re-making startup support for new era

Posted on   |  by Alex Scandurra
The era of the standard co-working space is over. Any organisation that thinks it can just provide desks, wi-fi and fresh juice in mason jars or beer on tap...

Tech lessons from our summer of crises

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia should adopt an emergency mass communications system similar to what is used in the US to better manage future crises, according to BlackBerry IoT Solutions managing director David...

Biotech gets boost with CSIRO investment

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Australia’s biotechnology industries are set to benefit in the long term with a federal government decision to reverse years of declining support for CSIRO. The government announced on Saturday...

2020 cyber strategy to address COVID-19

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The revamped Australian Government Cyber Security Strategy will address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is unclear when policy re-write will be released. The Department of Home...

Govt to step in on patent problems

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Crown use of patents will be invoked by the federal government where it is necessary to allow local manufacturers to rapidly ramp up the production of essential medical equipment,...