Total spending by Australian business on research and development remains at 2012 levels, despite small increases in each of the past three financial years. A new Australian Bureau of Statistics...
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The federal government has received mixed feedback on its cyber regulation proposal to make companies more liable to consumers for losing their data in an attack. Insurers and banks...
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Insurance Australia Group will use satellites and the Internet of Things to monitor its customers’ business and agricultural assets under a new partnership with Adelaide space startup Myriota. The...
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Opinion: Australia is preparing to make substantial investments in the assets, facilities and services that support research and innovation. An expert working group, led by Dr Ziggy Switkowski, is...
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Indigenous knowledge of astronomy is now starting to be recognised for its complexity, according to Indigenous astronomer, astrophysicist, science communicator and Gamilaraay woman, Karlie Noon. Ms Noon is an...
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The Australian Space Agency should be made a permanent statutory authority and be given funding that is more in line with comparable countries like Canada, the head of Australia’s...
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The federal government has added new sovereign defence priority areas in recognition of the changing nature of technology for the battlefield. The government’s new priorities are: Robotics, autonomous systems,...
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An Australian company that is exporting robotic parts to help with the clean-up of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant has unveiled its latest invention: a spider-like robot with magnetic feet...
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The Tasmanian government has announced a new government initiative dedicated to climate, renewables and “future industries” as part of the state budget handed down on Thursday, which also included...
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“Hostile acts” in space and the strategic importance of the region are spurring the Australian Defence Force to develop sovereign space access and capabilities, according to a high-ranking officer...
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Sustained investment and research translation could make synthetic biology a $27 billion per year industry and add 44,000 jobs in Australia by 2040, according to the national science agency,...
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Australian researchers have developed software that can reliably detect a premature baby’s face in an incubator and remotely monitor vital signs without the need to attach adhesive sensors on...
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The CSIRO’s newly established Quantum Technologies Future Science Platform has found its first director with the appointment of Dr Jim Rabeau, the former Sydney University professor and deputy director...
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Australia needs to secure battery value chains out of China, according to new national security research which warns the superpower controls a “strategic choke point” in global supply chains...