Tag: Queensland government

Queensland dishes out $53m in quantum grants

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Queensland government has delivered a $53 million boost to quantum research and commercialisation in support of PsiQuantum’s endeavor to build the world’s first fault-tolerant, error-corrected quantum computer. Seven...

Creating local ingredients for quantum success

Posted on   |  by Professor Stephen Bartlett
The National Quantum Strategy contains a truly audacious claim: that Australia will build the world’s first error-corrected quantum computer.  Is this possible? Australia doesn’t even manufacture conventional computers. Can...

AIIA calls for renewed digital focus from next Qld govt

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The next Queensland government is being urged to conduct a sweep of the legacy technologies underpinning the state’s citizen-facing platforms and services as a precursor to greater investment. In...

Qld’s bill for PsiQuantum advice revealed

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Queensland government spent close to $2 million across just two contracts for external advice on its controversial investment in Californian startup PsiQuantum, Budget estimates has heard. The legal...

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...

Qld govt backs five accelerators in innovation push

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Five government backed accelerators will run in Queensland to get almost 170 startups in areas like health, agriculture and climate to an investment ready stage as the Miles government...

Former Qld Premier, Treasurer met with PsiQuantum

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
US-based quantum computing firm PsiQuantum met with former Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in the same month that a secret quantum computing EoI was issued by the federal government last...

Bart Mellish is Qld’s new digital minister

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Queensland has a new Digital Services minister in Bart Mellish, an environmental scientist who served as chief of staff to federal Labor Senator Anthony Chisholm prior to politics. Mr...