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Navbit wins HealthTech gong for hip surgery tech

Sydney-based medtech startup Navbit Sprint has won the HealthTech category at the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence for its compact tech solution making hip replacements safer and cheaper.  The...

AI startup MyLot scores GovTech Award

Wollongong-headquartered startup MyLot has won the GovtTech Project, Product or Service category at the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence for its AI-powered planning tool.  The InnovationAus 2024 Awards for...

Fleet Space soars on Energy & Renewables Award win

Adelaide space company Fleet Space Technologies has won the Energy and Renewables Award at the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence for its mining exploration technology which allows for the...

Innofocus claims Food & AgriTech Award for cooling film

Melbourne-based tech company Innofocus has won the Food and AgriTech category at the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence for its sustainable farm-to-fork solutions aiming to reduce food wastage.  The...

Diraq picks up Defence, Dual-Use Tech & Space Award

Quantum pioneer Diraq has won the Defence, Dual-Use Technology and Space category at the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence for its tech advancements that could see the potential of...

DroneShield takes out inaugural AI Industry Pioneer Award

Sydney-based counterdrone technology firm DroneShield has taken out the inaugural AI Industry Pioneer Award at the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence for its novel radio frequency AI tools.  The...

Tide wins Cyber Award for ‘ineffable’ cryptography

Sydney-based tech company Tide Foundation has taken out the Cybersecurity award at the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence for its breakthroughs transforming the inevitability of a cyber-attack to the...

Southern Launch wins environmental approval for rocket launch site

Adelaide-based Southern Launch has secured federal environmental approval to launch rockets near endangered species in South Australia subject to restrictions. Environment minister Tanya Plibersek signed off on the proposal...

CSIRO looks to commercialise printed solar cells

A multi-million dollar printed solar cell facility has been established by the national science agency to explore opportunities to commercalise technology that has been a decade in the making....

Diraq makes big strides in global quantum race

The global race to build the first commercial quantum computer is heating up.  Some of the largest tech companies in the world, including IBM, Amazon and Microsoft, are vying...

AnteoTech scores first-ever ARENA battery manufacturing grant

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has awarded its first battery development and manufacturing grant to Brisbane-based AnteoTech to commercialise its unique component technology for lithium-ion batteries. Announced on Tuesday,...

Scandal and audit triggers tighter fraud controls at NHMRC

Australia’s biggest medical research funding agency will start gaining independent assurances of grant recipients’ fraud risks and mandate reporting of suspected incidents, following a misconduct scandal and a critical...

LLM firewalls enter the secure AI debate

Envision a world where your sensitive enterprise data flows freely into artificial intelligence systems without friction. Large Language Model (LLM) firewalls may emerge as essential for Australian businesses, unlocking...