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Ten seconds to launch: Gilmour Space completes wet-test

Gilmour Space Technologies has successfully puts its Eris launch vehicle through a critical wet-test rehearsal, taking the orbital rocket to within ten seconds of launch. As the company continues...

Queensland dishes out $53m in quantum grants

The Queensland government has delivered a $53 million boost to quantum research and commercialisation in support of PsiQuantum’s endeavor to build the world’s first fault-tolerant, error-corrected quantum computer. Seven...

Creating local ingredients for quantum success

The National Quantum Strategy contains a truly audacious claim: that Australia will build the world’s first error-corrected quantum computer.  Is this possible? Australia doesn’t even manufacture conventional computers. Can...

Emma Johnston to lead Australia’s top uni

Renowned marine biologist Professor Emma Johnston will be the University of Melbourne’s first female vice chancellor in its 171-year history when she returns to her alma mater next year...

Qld turns on innovation funding tap ahead of election

Grants of up to $25 million for capital works in South East Queensland are now on offer under a push to grow the innovation ecosystem in and around Brisbane....

Droneshield AI engine lifts UAV defences

It’s hard to argue when DroneShield chief technology officer Angus Bean says it’s been a “wildly successful” year for the Australian counterdrone tech company.  After launching in Virginia, US...

How Australia’s village culture is strangling our future

Australia is a highly educated, ethnically diverse and resource-rich country with 159 billionaires; $3.4 trillion in superannuation savings; a $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia policy; a $272 billion...

The dangerous culture that created Robodebt and RoboNDIS

Why is there silence on the fact that the bureaucracy not only ignored legal commentary from an esteemed legal scholar on Robodebt, but has also ignored legal commentary from...

Gig Guide: NAIF directors secure extra term

The Coalition-appointed board of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility has been renewed for another term in recognition of their effective leadership of the financing agency, according to Minister for...

Outage scrapes in front of new telco rules

Aussie Broadband has apologised for how it communicated a Friday outage that left customers in Victoria and Tasmania without internet access for half the day, just weeks out from...

Semiconductor expertise is a key economic building block

Any casual conversation about Australian invention usually starts with the humble Hills Hoist – a simple mechanical system known for its practicality and durability. The conversation often progresses to...

Coalition to oppose misinformation laws

The federal opposition will vote against an Albanese government plan to curb misinformation through an empowered regulator, despite pledging a similar scheme when it was in government. It sets...

$14m boost for sustainable aviation fuel project

The federal and Queensland governments have tipped in $14 million to support development of Jet Zero Australia’s sustainable aviation fuel facility, a priority sector under the Future Made in...

First AUKUS innovation challenge winners named

Local technology companies Penten, Inovor Technologies and Advanced Design Technology have been named the Australian winners of the first-ever trilateral AUKUS innovation challenge. All three firms, based in the...