Australian manufacturing finds itself at a pivotal moment, grappling with myriad challenges that have led to its contribution to GDP dwindling to a record low of 5.4 per cent....
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Search engines and social media giants would be expected to filter, blur and block online pornography and other age-inappropriate content by default for children under the latest set of...
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Frustration over the management at the Tech Council (TCA) of the Richard White scandal has spilled over into a festering resentment among members about the way Mr White was...
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In Australia, it’s legal for a person with a disability to be paid nearly a tenth of the minimum wage. Workers with a disability can be paid as little...
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Coronary artery disease is the number one cause of death around the world. Despite its prevalence, current diagnostic methods and strategies for coronary artery disease (CAD) are often slow...
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Hydrogen storage, artificial intelligence and waste reduction are among the 23 projects to share in $55 million of funding through the the federal government’s Cooperative Research Centres project grants...
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A Labor-led parliamentary committee has urged the federal government to appoint a Digital Affairs minister to coordinate the regulation of social media and other digital platforms, including across privacy,...
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Breakthrough Victoria has invested $5 million in Conflux Technology, a Gelong-based startup 3D printing heat exchangers for the aerospace, defence and automotive industries. The investment, part of a wider...
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Biosecurity is critically important to Australia’s national interests as an island continent and major agricultural exporter. With over two-thirds of Australia’s land area dedicated to agriculture – which accounts...
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The National Reconstruction Fund’s inaugural chief investment officer Dr Mary Manning has joined a stellar line-up of speakers at the 2024 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence in Sydney on the...
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Australian data centre capacity is expected to double by 2030, attracting more than $26 billion in new investment in the process, according to a report that also calls for...
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Australia’s privacy commissioner says the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is mulling regulatory action against a number of companies that are skirting privacy laws when developing artificial intelligence...
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The methane emissions of livestock are a key battleground in the global fight against climate change. Livestock methane emissions make up about 14.5 per cent of global greenhouse gas...
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellites will be trialled for voice services in regional and remote areas across Australia under a $6 million federal government contract with PwC public sector advisory offshoot...