Australia will likely still fall short of meeting its near-term tech skills needs with its conservative approach to STEM and vocational education. Longer-term, this approach threatens to saddle graduates...
Skills
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The federal government must develop a strategic technology industry policy to align R&D, procurement, defence spending and policies, according to shadow assistant minister for cybersecurity Tim Watts. Speaking in...
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It has been the most challenging period of our lives. But if the difficult health and economic response to the coronavirus pandemic has brought a silver lining, it is...
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Local companies looking to get involved with NASA’s Moon to Mars mission will have access to more than $25 million in grants as part of an Australian government effort...
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As Australia begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, thoughts are naturally turning to economic recovery. The Australian economy has taken a big hit from the pandemic. The economy...
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It’s Groundhog Day again in Canberra, with the Senate inquiry into the government’s controversial reforms to the Research and Development Tax Incentive delayed for a third time and now...
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In 2007, Byron Reeves, Professor of Communications at Stanford University stated: “If you want to see what business leadership may look like in three to five years, look at...
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The uncertainty for companies accessing the R&D tax incentive is set to continue with the Senate committee tasked with investigating the planned $1.8 billion cuts to the scheme delayed...
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The nation’s medical research institutes have called on government to fund an additional 300 investigator grants over three years to support early and mid-stage career scientists to remain in...
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Every one of us now expects excellent customer service wherever we go – be it at our local supermarket, on a banking app or when buying something online. Personalised...
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Industry Minister Karen Andrews has launched a nationwide search for the next 60 Superstars of STEM; brilliant women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who are willing to become...
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It is a grim happenstance that the first locally made ventilators produced by a consortium of manufacturing and MedTech firms were delivered to the National Medical Stockpile just as...
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Ribit, the digital student job and internship matchmaking service set up by the CSIRO’s Data61 as part of funding from the federal Digital Careers program has been acquired by...
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The events of 2020 are reshaping the way we live, work, teach and learn. And while we have all been affected differently, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on...