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Material returns for the next generation of semiconductors

Rapid geopolitical, economic, social and environmental disruptions have highlighted the increased global reliance on semiconductors and microchips. This trend is set to continue as the world accelerates its electrification...

SAPHI brings AI safety focus to heavy industry

Many innovations in the mining and construction sectors are either aimed at improving safety or boosting efficiency.  For New South Wales-based tech company SAPHI, both are possible.  Through its...

Govt’s online identity app gets a rebrand

The Australian government’s digital identity app will be rebranded within months to avoid confusion with the popular services app ahead of the mass expansion of a $1 billion national...

Australia’s search for asymmetric advantage

Asymmetric capability is now a defining term in our increasingly geopolitically volatile and technologically driven 21st century. It refers to a situation in military and strategic contexts where one...

Stealthy NRF celebrates anniversary quietly and unseen

The first anniversary of founding of the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation passed quietly this week, unheralded and without celebration. It’s first year of operation has attracted mixed reviews. If...

‘More work to be done’: NSW procurement tightened again

All nine recommendations from a NSW procurement inquiry will be supported by the Minns government, including more consideration of retained economic benefit and an easier path for small suppliers...

What does building a quantum ecosystem look like?

Ecosystems – networks of interconnected public and private organisations, researchers, investors, policymakers, and other stakeholders – are critical to the growth of new technologies and the creation of new...

Social media giants are ‘vast surveillance’ operations

Social media giants like Facebook and X are “vast surveillance” operations that collect, trade and hold troves of people’s data, the US consumer and competition watchdog has found after...

Gig Guide: WA appoints first innovation advisory board

The Western Australian government has appointed 11 members to its first innovation advisory board, bringing in entrepreneurs, academics, investors, consultants, and the state’s recently departed director of innovation. Charlie Gunningham,...

Defence ERP blows out as switchover looms

Defence’s mammoth backend technology upgrade has slipped by half a decade and could now cost $3.5 billion — around three times initial estimates – with a consulting giant handed...

Meta dismisses AI scraping concerns as semantics

Meta has defended its use of Australian users’ social media posts to train artificial intelligence without express consent, arguing that only publicly available data from its platforms is fed...

Bringing the PGPA in line with the Corporation Act

Of all the policy presentations at The Industry Papers forum last week, the one that touched a raw nerve was about the Australian Public Service, with a call to...