CSIRO chairman David Thodey has cautioned government and business alike against tightening research and innovation budgets in the face of Australia’s somewhat anaemic economic outlook. After the 27 years...
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The $150 million federal play to involve Australian companies in American missions to the moon and Mars has been cautiously welcomed by local space firms, with hopes it could...
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has committed an additional $150 million over five years to underwrite Australia’s participation in the United States led public-private Moon to Mars space exploration program....
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Data portability and the application of farmer’s data rights in the agricultural sector will play a large part in reaping the expected $20+ billion reward of improved productivity through...
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The Defence Science and Technology unit will fund a consortium of four local universities to work with counterparts in the US on developing a next-generation of autonomous vehicles for...
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Like electricity, artificial intelligence (AI) is a general purpose technology that has the potential to drastically alter societies through its impact on economic and social structures. The AI revolution...
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The federal government should make a routine of publicly attributing nation-state cyber attacks rather than leaving it to media leaks, according to ASPI’s Fergus Hanson, as a new report...
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Sydney-based quantum computing startup Q-CTRL has completed a $22 million Series A funding round (US$15 million) led by Australia’s largest venture firm Square Peg Capital, less than two years...
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The federal government has earmarked $15 million to create a national disability dataset, on the back of plans to introduce a consent-free public sector data sharing scheme. The agreement...
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The federal government has earmarked $15 million to create a national disability dataset, on the back of plans to introduce a consent-free public sector data sharing scheme. The agreement...
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I am a Brit, married to an Australian. I moved to Australia nearly five years ago, having lived and worked in the UK, the US, Europe, the Middle East...
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We’ve been served up a slew of new metrics in recent weeks about Australia’s performance on research and innovation relative to the rest of the world. In 2019, Australia...
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Australian industry needs more from the research sector and policy reform is needed to address the country’s “active decline” as a digital nation, according to a new report and...
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Industry Minister Karen Andrews will seek improvements to the administration of the R&D tax incentive (RDTI) within AusIndustry to give companies greater certainty about the claims they make under...