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Govt hunts more contractors for budding scaleup program

The Industry department has issued a call out for more external advisers for its $392 million commercialisation program to meet strong demand from startups in Victoria and NSW, eight...

Meta admits scraping Australian users’ posts to train AI

Australian Facebook users’ posts from as far back as 2007 are being used to train Meta’s artificial intelligence models, the company conceded on Wednesday at a tense Senate inquiry...

Growing calls for Defence to seed a dual-use tech fund

Australian and US Defence departments must forge closer innovation ties to counter China’s technology growth, including jointly backing dual-use breakthroughs with a new venture capital fund, according to a...

InnovationAus Awards 2024: AI Industry Pioneer finalists

2023 was the year that artificial intelligence broke into the mainstream, with global leaders like OpenAI, Microsoft and Google capturing the imagination of consumers with new generative AI products....

WA inquiry backs state R&D target, split on chief entrepreneur

The Western Australian government should consider setting an official target for the state’s research and development expenditure, a ten-month parliamentary innovation inquiry has recommended. But it could not agree...

Additional accountability gets Teals onboard with FMiA

The Teal independents have backed the Future Made in Australia bill after the government adopted some of their proposed amendments to improve transparency and accountability for funding decisions. The...

CSIRO set to close only US-based office

CSIRO’s United States subsidiary will be shuttered later this year, according to the national science agency’s latest corporate plan, as the extent of its massive enterprise services restructure continues...

Complaint stalls govt’s Economic Accelerator tender

A government tender for support running its flagship $1.6 billion research commercialisation initiative has stalled for more than two months after a complaint was made over the process. The...

The Industry Papers – Canberra Forum program unveiled

Strengthening Australia’s quantum ecosystem, building an export focused biosecurity sector, AI investment, location-based data services and planning for data centre energy demands are key topics for The Industry Papers...

NSW Techstars accelerator backs female founders

Female-led startups shine bright in this year’s New South Wales-government backed Techstars accelerator cohort, with 10 of the 12 startups accepted into the program having at least one female...

InnovationAus Awards 2024: Translation Hero finalists

Deep tech is at the very cutting-edge, relying on research breakthroughs and significant technical advances to inspire change and build the future products that broaden our horizon. The Translation...