Tag: science

New parliamentary office would improve tech policy: Violi

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A parliamentary technological assessment office to enhance and coordinate Australian tech policy should be established, according to digital economy observer and Liberal backbencher Aaron Violi. In an interview with...

Tech a priority for Albo’s trip to India

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deepen technology and renewable energy partnerships with his Indian counterpart later this week, as the deadline for the latest round of a long-standing bilateral...

Govt formally embarks on STEM diversity review

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The multi-stage consultation process on the federal government’s Pathway to Diversity in STEM Review has begun, with panel chair Sally-Ann Williams imploring industry and society to join in the...

Australian science still crying out for more R&D funding

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Australia’s peak research bodies are ramping up pressure on the federal government to deliver on its commitment to push R&D expenditure towards three per cent of GDP. Calls for greater...

Long term investment pays off for Australian quantum sector

Posted on   |  by Dr Cathy Foley
Australia’s leadership in quantum computing and quantum science today isn’t an accident. It is the result of over sixty years of investment in the physical sciences in our universities...

Double honours for innovation at PM Science Awards

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The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science were announced on Monday evening, with double the awards handed out for the Innovation and New Innovators prizes, respectively. The winners of the...

CSIRO chief Larry Marshall to depart in mid-2023

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Dr Larry Marshall will depart the CSIRO at the end of June 2023 as the national science agency’s longest serving chief executive in 50 years, leaving the organisation in...

$385 million for 11 ARC Centres of Excellence

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Almost $385 million in research funding will be shared by 11 new Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence over the next seven years, with advanced manufacturing the most common focus....

Husic pushes for more Singapore-Australia startup ties

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Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic is working with his Singaporean counterpart on an initiative to facilitate greater collaboration between startups across the two countries, as he highlighted the...