Tag: DISR

Auditor to probe $3.53m cost of legal advice on PsiQuantum

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The national audit office will probe the rapid increase in the cost of the federal government’s main due diligence contract for its controversial investment in Californian quantum startup PsiQuantum. Auditor-General...

‘Possibly a sham’: Quantum EoI baited local market

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has been accused of running a misleading quantum computing EoI that baited information from local players while commercial discussions with PsiQuantum were already well advanced. Current...

AI adoption centres finally unveiled

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Four artificial intelligence centres focused on helping small to medium-sized enterprises safely adopt the technology have been announced by Industry and Science minister Ed Husic. Sharing in $16.3 million,...

$200m Qld battery precinct yet to power up two years on

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Funding for a Queensland battery precinct promised by the Albanese government ahead of the 2022 federal election is yet to materialise more than two years after it was pledged....

Industry dept opens up on ‘secret’ quantum EoI

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Almost two dozen local and international quantum firms were approached by the federal government last year as part of a private expression of interest process designed to gauge the...

Industry department won’t look into procurement ‘bias’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Industry department has never checked the books of a supplier it awarded a $31 million commercialisation services contract to, despite an independent audit finding “bias” in the decision...

Bridging the funding gap between industry and Defence

Posted on   |  by David Waterhouse
The Valley of Death is real. As any Deep Tech or advanced manufacturing entrepreneur knows, there is a chasm between innovation and commercialisation that must be fully funded or...

Popular Chinese EV battery less well suited to Australia

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Cheap lithium-iron-phosphate batteries used in most Chinese-manufactured electric vehicles may not be well suited to Australia’s transport needs due to their lower energy density, according to a new report....