Author: Brandon How

$7bn solar trade deficit over last five years

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Australia has run a more than $7 billion trade deficit on solar panels and associated components over the past five years as the country’s potential for sustainable solar panel...

Singapore-Aus Green Economy pact by end of year: Penny Wong

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Ahead of her attendance at the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Bali, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Wednesday that the Singapore-Australia Green Economy Agreement currently being negotiated would...

Reboot the Regional Communications Fund: ACCAN

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The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network wants the new federal government to re-establish the regions-focused Communications Fund, in part to respond to estimates that there around 900,000 households without...

BioTech incubator lands $3m in CSIRO support

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Australia’s national science agency has committed $3 million to support Melbourne-based BioTech incubator CUREator and to launch a new health security stream through the program. CUREator’s new health security...

Scammers drained $2 billion from Australians last year

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Last year, Australians lost more than $2 billion to scams according to the consumer and competition watchdog’s 12th annual Targeting scams report, with the threat of cryptocurrency investment scams...

WA innovation seed fund commits more than expected

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The Western Australian government has announced 17 projects, ranging between MedTech, digital health, and BioTech, that will share $8 million in funding through the state’s Innovation Seed Fund for...

Aussie AgTech champion given international honour

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The chief scientist of the Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre and former University of New England Distinguished Professor has made history as the first Australian to receive a prestigious...