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Q-CTRL secures $38m in DARPA funding

Australian quantum startup Q-CTRL has secured two contracts with the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop next-generation quantum sensors for military navigation systems. The Sydney-based company said...

Industry minister Tim Ayres to deliver awards address

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Australia’s Industry and Innovation minister Tim Ayres has been confirmed to deliver a keynote address at the 2025 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence. Senator Ayres, who is also the Minister...

The Gig Guide: Home Affairs reshuffles top ranks

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
A sweeping leadership shake-up at the Department of Home Affairs has reshaped its top executive team, cementing a stronger focus on national security, digital infrastructure and multicultural affairs. The...

Awards 2025: The search for our outstanding leaders begins

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
The search has begun for Australia’s outstanding leaders from within our community of entrepreneurs and innovators. Nominations have opened for the individual leadership categories of the 2025 InnovationAus Awards...

$5.7m in feasibility grants for local quantum tech

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
More than a dozen quantum projects have received funding through the second round of the federal government’s Critical Technologies Challenge Program (CTCP), part of a national push to translate...

Navy, Q-CTRL break ground in quantum sensing trial

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An Australian Navy ship has completed the first trial of a locally developed autonomous quantum sensor for navigation on a Defence platform, recording promising results to shore up GPS...

Gig Guide: Stephen Jones appointed Australia’s OECD ambassador

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Former Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has been appointed as Australia’s next Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Treasurer...

News Wrap: Tim Ayres is off to a running start

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Just a week after his appointment as the new Minister for Industry and Innovation, Tim Ayres took to the stage this week to set out his agenda – and...

The Gig Guide: ATN appoints new chair

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
The Australian Technology Network (ATN) of Universities has appointed former  chief defence scientist and University of Newcastle Vice-Chancellor Professor Alex Zelinsky AO as its new chair. Professor Zelinsky will...