Tag: technology

eConveyancing: Regulator halts project after PEXA delays

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Australia’s electronic conveyancing regulator has paused its data interoperability reforms aimed at breaking the market dominance of Property Exchange Australia (PEXA), which currently controls 90 per cent of the...

Age verification trial tests to be outsourced

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A trial of age verification technologies will be managed by the Department of Communications, but technical effectiveness tests will be done by a third-party expert selected through a competitive...

Defence earmarks $36bn for space and cyber spend

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Defence will spend up to $36 billion on space, cyber, and electronic warfare capabilities over the next decade, according to the federal government’s new integrated investment program. The integrated...

WA opens $22m green innovation grants round

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More than $20 million in grants for green technology projects with “high public value” are up for grabs in Western Australia under the latest round of the state government’s Clean...

New STA chief moves from ACOLA

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Industry and research representative group Science and Technology Australia has found its new chief executive in Ryan Winn, the current head of the Australian College of Learned Academies. Announced...

IP licence exports key to R&D strategy: STA

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Any R&D strategy developed by the federal government should focus on supporting intellectual property that can be licensed to overseas manufacturers rather than creating local mass production, according to...

US spruiks opportunity from defence trade alignment

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A licence-free export arrangement for technologies with dual civilian and military uses represents a commercial opportunity for Australia, according to the United States’ under secretary for arms control and...