A “first of its kind” program supporting young entrepreneurs in Victoria has been forced to shut down after it was unable to secure further funding from the state government,...
Skills
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Industry and government may need to consider more ways to increase the growth rate of STEM qualifications, a new report released by Jobs for Queensland has warned. The findings...
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Industry, Science and Technology Minister Karen Andrews says Australia needs to address where the skills shortages are now before the country looks to importing labour. This is one of...
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The Victorian government’s independent innovation agency has raised serious concerns about the federal government’s controversial encryption bill, saying it would “greatly threaten” Australian startups and have a “deleterious effect”...
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Three significant surveys of the Australian startup sector have been released in the last week, with each painting a very different picture of the small industry. The contrasting results...
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The Queensland government has pledged seed funding for a new artificial intelligence hub being built to address the skills shortage in the tech sector. As part of its $650...
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Adelaide-based Internet of Things company Fleet Space Technologies will launch the first Australian commercial satellite into space from New Zealand in November in a result that was organised in...
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Too much attention is given to tech startups in Australia while successful, potentially lucrative science-based companies are often ignored, according to CSIRO chief Larry Marshall. At a senate estimates...
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The Victorian opposition will create a new government role of a chief innovation officer to “drive commercialisation” if it wins next month’s state election. Somewhat strangely, the Victorian Liberal...
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It is clear that 2018 has been a watershed year for cyber security across the public sector. The federal government cyber apparatus been substantially restructured, and the philosophical thinking...
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Balancing the demands of privacy and innovation is not impossible, according to Data Republic co-founder Danny Gilligan, and he is out to prove it. Data Republic has just launched...
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A likely heritage listing could derail the Victorian government plan to help tech giant Apple to establish a “flagship” store at Federation Square. Heritage Victoria late last week confirmed...
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The Australian National University in Canberra is the latest institution to jump on the space sector bandwagon, launching a new Institute of Space to act as a bridge between...
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The Digital Transformation Agency appears less than impressed with blockchain’s current capabilities after it was given $700,000 in budget funding to investigate the technology. After its initial research, the...