Australia’s national space agency will be up and running from July, but the federal government is yet to decide where it will be based as concerns over its level...
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Data61 has opened the doors to its new Immersive Environments Lab to focus on research and develop in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and 3D web technologies. The...
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While the government’s unveiling of a framework and timeline for an opening scheme marked an important milestone, the hard work is still to come, UK Banking Industry head of...
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If Australia had a more consistent energy policy, Vivid Technology’s strategy to commercialise its technology might have had a different outcome. The company’s Australian subsidiary NewCO2Fuels, which specialises in...
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FinTechs left disappointed by a lack of further open banking announcements in Tuesday’s budget only had to wait until the next day for the big reveal. The federal government...
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The Senate has passed a Greens motion calling on the government to bring Australia’s “woefully inadequate” privacy laws into line with Europe’s incoming GDPR rules. The motion was moved...
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This week’s federal budget confirmed that government had rejected its own innovation agenda, while changes to the R&D scheme may force early-stage tech companies to move overseas, according to...
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Treasurer Scott Morrison’s budget speech did not directly mention the Innovation and Science Australia 2030 Strategic Plan, but the Budget papers do partially address its 30 recommendations, funding big...
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NBN Co may have posted what it calls “solid” third-quarter results, with a 112 per cent increase in total revenue to $1.4 billion for the nine months ending 31...
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Australia is progressing on its national cyber defence but what remains missing is a strong, threat intelligence sharing platform that rises above the informal sharing relationships that exist today....
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The federal government’s controversial robo-debt data matching scheme has been further funded despite revelations the program has so far only just recovered more money than it has cost. The...
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Treasurer Scott Morrison has given the R&D Tax Incentive a $2.4 billion haircut and promised to crackdown on what government says has been a misuse of the scheme, strengthening...
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As the Treasurer Scott Morrison delivered the final flourishes on his election budget speech last night, the pragmatic negativity among delegates at InnovationAus.com’s third Budget Insider event was setting...
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The federal government has dished out funding for supercomputers, drones, FinTech and online safety awareness campaigns as part of its federal budget. Delivered by Treasurer Scott Morrison in Canberra...