Tag: Defence

Melissa Price on Defence tech

Posted on   |  by Joan Westenberg
Freshly-minted Defence Industry minister Melissa Price has recommitted government to maximising opportunities for local SMEs in Defence procurement, and to focus on harnessing the innovation potential of the Australian...

Qld unveils 10-year defence plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A new defence and aerospace industry development fund is to be established to help local SMEs access defence contracts both directly and through supply chain opportunities under a new...

Space agency is a huge window

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia has a “huge window of opportunity” in growing its space sector, but success is riding on the government’s commitment to a national space agency and how much funding...

Space sector IoT lab for Adelaide

Posted on   |  by James Riley
South Australian satellite communications company Myriota will push $2.72 million into an Internet of Things lab in Adelaide as it attempts to scale-up quickly for what it sees as...

McGowan preps innovation plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan will release an updated state innovation policy by the end of the year, but has cautioned against any expectations of large new spending programs....

Australia’s $200b defence bonanza

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It’s a sign of the times that the two most expensive government projects in Australian history are squarely in the technology sector. Hot on the heels of the $50...

Pyne eyes role for defence startups

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The South Australian Government has brought one of the world’s largest startup accelerators to Adelaide in a move that Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne says demonstrates the importance of...

PM Lee sings a familiar song

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
In many ways the contrast between the vast resource-rich Australia and geographically tiny and resource-free Singapore could not be more stark. And yet the two countries are becoming ever...

Industry policy turns to Defence

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If the innovation flavour of the Turnbull Government was in its early days all about startups and software entrepreneurs, the tone of the Prime Minister’s new ministry points toward...