The DTA is on the hunt for an organisation to help design a revamped myGov platform, building on a $1 million prototype made by Deloitte. The Digital Transformation Agency...
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A government plan to apply its highly contentious changes to the R&D tax incentive retrospectively is “simply unfair” and “opportunistic” and will damage early-stage companies, a Senate committee has...
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In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, global science and policy communities are in flux. What does this mean for China’s science policy and funding? Or its international research...
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The Opposition has accused government of not listening to tech companies on its controversial reforms to the Research and Development Tax Incentive after revelations that no substantial consultation has...
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NSW Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello has unveiled the NSW Spatial Digital Twin, promising the tool would improve urban planning by providing real-time information and visualisation of urban infrastructure...
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The federal government needs to “rebalance” innovation policies to focus more on non-research and development activities, according to a new Innovation and Science Australia report. The report, which was...
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The NSW government will fund a National Space Industry Hub as an anchor tenant in its multi-billion-dollar Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct as part of the state’s new Space...
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The Coalition’s newfound focus on a technology investment target in lieu of an emissions target to address climate change is “insulting” and an attempt to find a “silver bullet”,...
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With this week marking the official opening of the Australian Space Agency Headquarters in Adelaide, Australia is on a fast track into new frontiers. The Space Agency is already...
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Innovation and Science Australia’s chief executive officer Charlie Day quietly left the organisation last Friday after three years’ commuting between Melbourne and Canberra. Dr Day took the helm of...
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It’s a pretty rare day in parliament these days when you hear consecutive, detailed speeches about innovation policy, but that’s what happened last week. Can innovation and the technology...
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The Victorian government has created a taskforce to guide the development of a new innovation agenda, with LaunchVic’s future to be revealed in the upcoming state budget. State Innovation...
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Queensland is set to become the “space coast” under the state government’s $8 million industry growth strategy that aims to create 6000 jobs. The strategy will see the state...
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Adam Bandt is the new leader of the Greens, with the party to campaign on a Green New Deal and to transform Australia into a renewable energy “superpower”. Mr...