Former Innovation and Science Australia board member and tech industry veteran Daniel Petre has offered a withering assessment of the federal government’s strategic innovation planning and its commitment to...
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Labor’s planned $4 million national centre of excellence for artificial intelligence will be based in Melbourne, with the Opposition turning its attention towards using technology for social good. Labor...
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With the federal government now in caretaker mode ahead of the May poll, the Department of Industry has quietly shelved the public release of its Industry Growth Centres performance...
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The federal election campaign has officially kicked off, and it’s already clear that the tech sector will not feature in the prominent way it did during former PM Malcolm...
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A new $110 million smart satellites Cooperative Research Centre will be the “engine room” for the Australian space sector and help local companies take on the world, its CEO...
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In a new study released by the OECD, CSIRO’s Data61 has been recognised as a “global blueprint” for digital and open innovation. The report on opportunities in digital innovation...
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Itree has launched its secure inter-agency information sharing platform, Reach, following a 15-month pilot under the federal government’s embryonic Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII). The Wollongong-based firm, which...
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The government has given “no indication” that it will back away from the planned $2.4 billion cut to the research and development tax incentive, with further drops in the...
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Australia is “behind the curve” on artificial intelligence and must tackle the surrounding ethical issues in order to fully capitalise on its “life-changing” impacts, according to CSIRO chief executive...
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Shadow industry minister Kim Carr spent Wednesday chiding his government counterpart – the Minister for Industry, Science and Research Karen Andrews – because she “couldn’t even get the word...
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The research and development tax incentive is in “free fall”, the Opposition has said, with business R&D spending falling by nearly 30 percent in just three years. The federal...
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Josh Frydenberg’s first budget delivers a nominal return to surplus next financial year. But to get there, the Treasurer has killed off any residual attachment this government had to...
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While the Coalition budget’s science announcements hold one marquee boost to the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), there was precious little to impress science leaders in other areas and...
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A future Shorten Government has promised it will end political interference in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) grants process. “Bill Shorten has declared that if Labor wins the upcoming...