A once-in-a-generation uplift of government services is underway in Australia, as governments of all stripes try to emulate the experience of well-known digital platforms and apps. It helped the...
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Royalties from a breakthrough Australian cancer treatment are bolstering a new $66 million life sciences venture fund that has been aimed squarely at the local sector’s “broken” commercialisation link....
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The world is one step closer to 6G communications and ultra fast data transfers following a breakthrough in silicon chip technology led by researchers at the University of Adelaide....
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EY’s contract to review Parliament’s expenses reporting system has followed the troubled software project in blowing out in cost and time, netting the consulting giant more than $400,000 and...
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The Minns government will define what constitutes “core public sector work” and require agencies to do it in-house wherever possible as part of its response to an explosion in...
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“Aggressive” is how industry describes Defence’s ambition to phase out legacy IT systems by 2027 under a fresh digital strategy. But a new level of clarity in the department’s...
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The Food and AgriTech sector is a huge contributor to the Australian economy, already generating $20 billion in annual economic benefit – a figure that will only grow in the...
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The Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia agenda is creating real risks to trade and foreign investment while opening the door to pork barrelling and captain’s picks, a Senate...
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When the federal government embarked on its prototype GovERP platform in 2019, it would have been wise to take notice of the work of one of the smallest agencies...
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Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley leads a cast of researchers, policymakers, venture capitalists and deep technology entrepreneurs at The Industry Papers’ Canberra forum on Wednesday September 11. Dr...
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Investment in renewable energy has skyrocketed in recent years, as the cost of clean energy technology continues to fall and traditional electricity generation methods move closer to end of...
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The Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia agenda has opened a “backdoor” to union corruption and lacks the pace and detail of competing global efforts, business groups claimed on...
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Defence will mostly phase out its legacy IT systems by 2027 under a new digital strategy that will also see the department adopt a cloud-only approach. The three-year strategy...
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Those of us working on the persistent challenge of getting more women and girls into STEM study and careers often remind people that “you can’t be what you can’t...