Tag: South Australia

DroneShield opens research hub inside SA’s Lot Fourteen

Posted on   |  by Lanie Tindale
ASX-listed electronic warfare specialist Droneshield has opened a $13 million research hub at the Lot Fourteen innovation hub with help from the South Australian government. DroneShield’s new facility will...

SA budget pledges $50m for R&D fund in productivity push

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Malinauskas government will tip $50 million into a new research and development accelerator fund in pursuit of a tech-led productivity boost, pledging to build new research institutes as...

SA elevates AI with new Cabinet-level ‘super-portfolio’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has elevated artificial intelligence to a central plank of his economic agenda as part of a new “economic super portfolio” with a Cabinet-level minister....

SA cracks down on AI deepfakes in political advertising

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
South Australia has become the first state or territory to ban AI-generated political ads and deepfakes aimed at misleading voters, with the changes coming into effect on Monday. Political parties,...

AI-driven EdChat goes statewide in SA schools

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
South Australia will roll out its homegrown generative AI tool, EdChat, to every public high school student from next term, making it the first mover on generative AI for...

States ink AUKUS training MoU with Rolls-Royce

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
British defence giant Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement with the Western Australian and South Australian governments to co-design workforce initiatives that will support the AUKUS submarine program and future...

Frontier tech fuels SA’s export ambition

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
South Australia has made frontier technology like artificial intelligence and quantum sensing a key plank in its new trade and investment strategy aimed at increasing state exports into emerging...

Optus-led consortium to build sovereign LEO satellite

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
An industry-government consortium led by Optus will build a low-Earth orbit satellite (LEOSat) in Australia, opening the door to a future constellation of sovereign satellites to rival Elon Musk’s...

SA partners with Boeing to boost aerospace skills pipeline

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
The South Australian government has struck an employer partner agreement with Boeing Defence Australia to help design learning programs for the Heights Technical College ahead of its opening next...