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WA-backed wave energy prototype set for launch

A locally-manufactured prototype wave energy converter will be deployed off the coast of Western Australia later this month in a bid to demonstrate the ocean’s potential as a source...

InnovationAus Awards 2024: Manufacturing Innovation finalists

Australia is poised for a manufacturing renaissance, with the federal government’s Future Made in Australia agenda moving the country closer to the interventionalist policies of other developed nations. And...

Budget crunch sinks NSW digital voting revival

The NSW Electoral Commission will be forced to “pare back” its systems and delay the reintroduction of digital voting after three funding proposals were knocked back by the state...

$550m in Solar Sunshot grants unlocked

The federal government’s $1 billion program to build supply chain resilience in solar panel manufacturing has opened to applications amid a political storm over its economic merits. The first...

Dodgy suppliers to be banned in NSW procurement overhaul

The NSW procurement accreditation system will be reviewed and dodgy suppliers banned in response to repeated warnings that the state’s buying framework is failing and agencies are “marking their...

InnovationAus Awards 2024: HealthTech finalists

With an ageing population, emergency departments that are busier than ever and growing workforce shortages, the Australian healthcare sector is ripe for technological disruption. The growing use of HealthTech...

Privacy reform must reflect different roles in data handling

Like many governments and economies, Australia is working to modify and expand its privacy rules to reflect technological innovation. The emergence of artificial intelligence and heightened awareness of how...

Audit office eyes automated scrutiny in new tech deal

The national audit office has shifted its managed services deal to a smaller local supplier xAmplify in a new $7.7 million agreement expected to bring automation to keep up...

MTPConnect secures $28.5m for MedTech accelerator

A $28.5 million commercialisation boost will soon be available to MedTechs fighting heart disease and diabetes under the latest round of a Medical Research Future Fund program. The second...

Australia’s data economy is missing in FMiA action

Since the April launch of the federal government’s $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia mission, currently the subject of heated debate in parliament, we have been repeatedly told that...

Chief scientist’s parting gift is research for all

Australia’s outgoing chief scientist has called on the Albanese government to develop a radical open access model that would make research literature free for all Australians through centralised government...

Gig Guide: Former ServicesAus boss joins ATO review

Former Services Australia chief executive Rebecca Skinner has been brought in to help deliver the Australian Taxation Office’s first capability review in a decade. Ms Skinner, who stepped down from...