The Prime Minister’s decision to split responsibility for Christian Porter’s former Industry, Science and Technology portfolio between two existing cabinet ministers has been given a broadly positive reception from...
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Australia’s peak science group has called for the use of “industry brokers” at national research facilities and repeated its push for a dedicated research translation fund to incentivise domestic...
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The federal government has announced a $30 million project to design a new radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facility at Lucas Heights in NSW, where 80 per cent of the country’s nuclear...
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Australia’s long-standing “dig and ship” resources mentality is changing quickly, driven by trading partners’ environmental and geopolitical concerns. One of the local companies in the race has warned the...
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison was part of an apparent pivot on climate action last week, starting with a discussion of the Quad and "critical minerals". This column discusses what...
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A leading science and technology group has announced plans to link local PhD students with international industry experts to boost their skills and global networks in areas like health,...
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Australia’s unilateral cancellation of its contract to purchase French submarines and sign up for the AUKUS security pact constitutes a slap in the face for French diplomacy – variously described...
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After four days of intense competition among autonomous robotics experts from around the world, the team of collaborators from CSIRO Data61, Georgia Tech and Aussie startup Emesent was awarded...
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The federal government intends to standardise intellectual property rights contracts between universities and businesses under a mandatory scheme for all federally funded research projects that engage in commercialisation. The...
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The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Western Australia has unveiled the first stage of a $48 million public research supercomputer billed as the fastest in the Southern Hemisphere. Early adopter...
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Quantum computing risks becoming the latest in a long line of stories where Australian smarts make early breakthroughs in an emerging technology, only to see the commercial returns and...
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Christian Porter’s resignation from the Industry portfolio has been met with criticism and frustration across the Australian technology sector, which will now be working with its eighth minister in...
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Christian Porter has resigned as Minister for Industry, Science and Technology after a controversy about his acceptance of an anonymous donation to pay legal fees in a defamation case....
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The NSW government will use an app with facial recognition and geolocation technology to police a pilot of seven-day home quarantine for fully vaccinated overseas arrivals. The pilot, which...