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Net zero, Indigenous knowledge get science priorities boost

Australia has new national science and research priorities for the first time in nearly a decade after the Albanese government settled on net zero technologies, community health, indigenous knowledge...

Batteries, robots and software scaleups bag first IGP grants

11 August 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

The first cohort of scaleups in the Albanese government’s flagship innovation pipeline program have been unveiled, with $7.4 million in grants to be shared by five companies. The local...

‘Strategic intervention’ is not a licence for captain’s picks

9 August 2024 | by James Riley

The extraordinary details that have emerged about the billion-dollar secret procurement of a quantum computer from Californian startup PsiQuantum can only undermine the public’s trust in the federal government...

Govt dismissed alternate quantum bids in just 10 days

6 August 2024 | by Justin Hendry

All five proposals to the federal government’s quantum computing EoI were ruled out in less than two weeks, in contrast to the six months of internal due diligence and...

Union wants minister to intervene in ‘gutting’ of CSIRO

6 August 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

Science minister Ed Husic will not intervene to stop job cuts at the CSIRO that its union says will end more than 600 roles, harm the government’s industry and...

Pfizer’s $150m Melbourne upgrade to manufacture superbug defence

6 August 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

US biotech giant Pfizer will ramp up manufacturing of antimicrobials and precision medicines from its Melbourne site to combat the rising threat of superbugs after tipping $150 million into...

NRF Corporation racks up $8.7m bill before investing

1 August 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

The independent entity steering the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund has racked up $8.7 million in expenses before making a single investment, as it approaches a one-year anniversary with...

National Quantum Strategy ‘not authored’ by chief scientist

31 July 2024 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley did not author the first-ever National Quantum Strategy, the Industry department has claimed, in an effort to keep the contents of an earlier...

Brisbane vs Chicago: Labor’s quantum-sized dilemma

29 July 2024 | by Paul Fletcher

Australia is home to some of the world’s best quantum computing talent. Diraq, Silicon Quantum Computing, Q-Ctrl and Quantum Brilliance are all working at the forefront of this critically...

Chicago deal casts ‘dark shadow’ over PsiQuantum promise

26 July 2024 | by Justin Hendry

PsiQuantum’s plan to build a second quantum computer in Chicago just a year after Brisbane “casts a very dark shadow” over the investment of the Australian and Queensland governments,...

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Net zero, Indigenous knowledge get science priorities boost

Batteries, robots and software scaleups bag first IGP grants

‘Strategic intervention’ is not a licence for captain’s picks

Govt dismissed alternate quantum bids in just 10 days

Union wants minister to intervene in ‘gutting’ of CSIRO

Pfizer’s $150m Melbourne upgrade to manufacture superbug defence

NRF Corporation racks up $8.7m bill before investing

National Quantum Strategy ‘not authored’ by chief scientist

Brisbane vs Chicago: Labor’s quantum-sized dilemma

Chicago deal casts ‘dark shadow’ over PsiQuantum promise

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