CSIRO plans to launch a beta version of its climate risk data platform for businesses within months after paying consultants $10,000 a day last year for input on its...
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The Victorian government’s contract with Microsoft for its vaccine booking platform has more than tripled in value to just under $18 million, with additional support costs and more training...
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School-aged children will be able to obtain a “digital licence” which gives them the skills to use the internet safely, under an election commitment from the federal Opposition. Labor...
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The public cloud market leader has lost another of its local bosses to a partner firm while a former New South Wales transport secretary has jumped back to the...
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Western Australia has launched Australia’s largest microgrid, shortly after the state announced that its residential solar output has surpassed that of its largest power station. The $15 million investment...
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University researchers wanting funding from the government’s $2 billion commercialisation package will have to agree to standardised IP agreements with their business partners, but the Coalition has walked back...
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The manufacturing growth centre has awarded $9 million in matched funding to a range of local manufacturers. The Commonwealth grants were distributed through the second round of the Advanced Manufacturing...
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The $2 billion the federal government will inject to align university research commercialisation with its hand-picked manufacturing priorities will be stretched across the next 11 years. A day after...
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Nearly 40 female-founded startups will share in over $11 million in federal funding as part of the second round of the Boosting Female Founders program. The $52.2 million program...
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CSIRO’s chief operating officer Judi Zielke has been appointed acting chief executive of the Australian Research Council (ARC) in a move away from the academic experience of previous leaders...
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Australia is on the “precipice” of an electric vehicle boom, but the federal government needs to change its policy settings to take advantage of the momentum, with sales nearly...
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Australia’s peak science lobby has called on government to “double down” on its research and development investment to raise it to 3 per cent of GDP in order to...
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Irish domiciled global giant Accenture has been brought in to assist with the delivery of the government’s new national crime intelligence platform which aims to offer the first Australian-wide...
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Legendary Australian scientist and deep tech entrepreneur David Skellern, a member of the original team that built the world’s first WiFi chipset, has been appointed as chair of the...