Author: Justin Hendry

New system to put eyes on Aussie drone traffic

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A long-promised air traffic control system for drones is one step closer to reality after Australia’s air traffic control agency selected an Austrian headquartered company to take the Flight...

Rush for startup grants inundates Investment NSW

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Investment NSW has been inundated with requests from startups for funding under the MVP Ventures program after it was paused for six months last year, delaying the arrival of...

$9m in Moon to Mars funding for local space firms

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More than $9 million in funding has been awarded to 12 Australian space firms as part of the latest rounds of the federal government’s Moon to Mars Supply Chain...

eSafety proposal faces pushback over encryption risk

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Tech giants and privacy groups have rallied against a proposal to force companies to scan cloud and messaging services for illegal and harmful content in Australia, arguing for changes...

Warning space treaty cedes Australian sovereignty

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Australia’s space treaty with the United States will prevent the federal government from using revenue collected from US launches to fund the development of local rocket technology, leading to...

Bridging the physical and virtual worlds with digital twins

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Mastering digital twin innovation requires embracing failure, a lesson that industry and government are learning from the defence sector.  The insights from an InnovationAus.com roundtable and whitepaper sponsored by...

‘Diluted’ APS tech policy is helping multinationals to dig in

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Federal government policies that have become “diluted” through competing agency priorities have further entrenched the position of multinational tech companies in Canberra, making it harder for local companies to...