In late 2019 and early 2020, Sydney was engulfed in toxic smoke from some of the worst bushfires Australia has ever faced. Sydneysiders were confronted with the smoke, with...
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Space technology startup HEO will add a new source of high resolution satellite imagery to its non-Earth imaging platform after partnering with BlackSky, a US-based space intelligence company. The...
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Silicon Quantum Computing and Deloitte Space are among the five winners of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s inaugural pitch day and will now go in the running for a...
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Thousands of laptops will be supplied to South Australian public schools under a new $20 million deal with HP Inc, despite the state government hyping a trial of locally...
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Australian startup Quantum Brilliance will help deliver the world’s first mobile quantum computer for Germany’s cyber innovation agency in a joint $58 million procurement announced on Wednesday. Quantum Brilliance...
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With so little government investment into artificial intelligence research to unlock economic advantage, Australia has become an “AI cargo cult” waiting for ‘magical’ new products and services to be...
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Each year in Australia, enough food to fill the MCG nine times over goes to waste. This is equal to 7.6 million tonnes of food wasted, costing the economy...
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Despite a high proportion of globally ranked universities, Australia’s research impact, business R&D investment, and proportion of R&D expenditure relative to GDP, remains low. The contribution of the higher...
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Misinformation reports produced by digital platform providers like Meta, Google and TikTok are plagued with data integrity issues for the fourth year running, according to the regulator that could soon...
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The software responsible for the daily operation of federal Parliament is set for an overhaul, with the department in charge going to market for off the shelf options after...
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A nation’s industrial policy significantly influences its innovation capabilities, industrial competitiveness, and the well-being of its citizens. The Future Made in Australia Act (FMiA) is an industrial policy that...
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Defence will stand up new research centres inside Australian universities to fast-track the development of cutting-edge technologies that hold promise for asymmetric advantage in a changing geostrategic environment. Each...
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The Greens are alarmed by the federal government’s “extraordinarily unambitious” update to Australia’s privacy laws and have called for additional personal information protections to be baked into the bill...
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Upcoming cybersecurity laws will offer businesses that share private details with cyber agencies in the aftermath of an attack a limited use protection from regulatory action. But to balance...