Tag: ABS

Public sector R&D spend still flatlining: ABS

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
There was no movement on the amount spent on research and development activity inside government organisations in the first year of the Albanese government when measured as a proportion...

Amazon updates to ABS’ big data cloud

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Updates to Australia’s critical economic data and the cloud environment behind them will be delivered by Amazon Web Services under a $10 million deal that will also test a new...

Budget jackpot for myGov, aged care tech

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
myGov will receive a $630 million cash injection from the Albanese government over the next four years and ongoing funding of $145 million a year from 2027 in recognition...

Census tech ‘on track’ as bill tips $30m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The forecast bill for Australia’s 2026 Census has cracked $30 million, with the government to again rely on Amazon Web Services cloud technologies but ditch troubled consultancy PwC for...

Alan Finkel backs Metrics Review changes adopted by the ABS

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
While the former government kept a landmark Innovation Metrics Review secret for years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics quietly implemented one of its key recommendations to better understand how...

Mineral exploration booms to meet energy transition demand

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Mineral exploration expenditure reached the second highest on record in financial year 2021-22, buoyed by record spends on the search for essential materials in the production of electronics and...

Businesses neglecting innovation post-COVID: ABS

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian businesses of all sizes have shifted focus away from innovation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly half not engaging in any innovation activity in the last two...