Ed Husic Archives - InnovationAus.com https://www.innovationaus.com/tag/ed-husic/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 09:22:43 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.innovationaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/favicon-new.png Ed Husic Archives - InnovationAus.com https://www.innovationaus.com/tag/ed-husic/ 32 32 NRF Corporation racks up $8.7m bill before investing https://www.innovationaus.com/nrf-corporation-racks-up-8-7m-bill-before-investing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nrf-corporation-racks-up-8-7m-bill-before-investing https://www.innovationaus.com/nrf-corporation-racks-up-8-7m-bill-before-investing/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 09:22:43 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=62350 The independent entity steering the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund has racked up $8.7 million in expenses before making a single investment, as it approaches a one-year anniversary with little to offer industry. The costs have been accruing for 11 months as the new corporation tries to sort through more than 300 applications to ensure...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/nrf-corporation-racks-up-8-7m-bill-before-investing/feed/ 0 National Quantum Strategy ‘not authored’ by chief scientist https://www.innovationaus.com/national-quantum-strategy-not-authored-by-chief-scientist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-quantum-strategy-not-authored-by-chief-scientist https://www.innovationaus.com/national-quantum-strategy-not-authored-by-chief-scientist/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:18:09 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=62341 Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley did not author the first-ever National Quantum Strategy, the Industry department has claimed, in an effort to keep the contents of an earlier draft of the strategy under wraps. The refusal to release the draft strategy in full comes as questions continue to be asked over when the federal...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/national-quantum-strategy-not-authored-by-chief-scientist/feed/ 0 Brisbane vs Chicago: Labor’s quantum-sized dilemma https://www.innovationaus.com/brisbane-versus-chicago-labors-quantum-sized-dilemma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brisbane-versus-chicago-labors-quantum-sized-dilemma https://www.innovationaus.com/brisbane-versus-chicago-labors-quantum-sized-dilemma/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2024 08:37:14 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=62302 Australia is home to some of the world’s best quantum computing talent. Diraq, Silicon Quantum Computing, Q-Ctrl and Quantum Brilliance are all working at the forefront of this critically important and exciting field of science and technology, helping to foster Australia’s international reputation as a quantum leader. Yet all of these companies were overlooked in...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/brisbane-versus-chicago-labors-quantum-sized-dilemma/feed/ 0 Chicago deal casts ‘dark shadow’ over PsiQuantum promise https://www.innovationaus.com/chicago-deal-casts-dark-shadow-over-psiquantum-promise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chicago-deal-casts-dark-shadow-over-psiquantum-promise https://www.innovationaus.com/chicago-deal-casts-dark-shadow-over-psiquantum-promise/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2024 08:52:20 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=62290 PsiQuantum’s plan to build a second quantum computer in Chicago just a year after Brisbane “casts a very dark shadow” over the investment of the Australian and Queensland governments, according to shadow science minister Paul Fletcher. The deal, part of a wider project to create a massive quantum computing campus in the US State of...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/chicago-deal-casts-dark-shadow-over-psiquantum-promise/feed/ 0 New rules to slash approval times for $1b space sector https://www.innovationaus.com/new-rules-to-slash-approval-times-for-1b-space-sector/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-rules-to-slash-approval-times-for-1b-space-sector https://www.innovationaus.com/new-rules-to-slash-approval-times-for-1b-space-sector/#respond Wed, 24 Jul 2024 05:29:43 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=62245 Licences to launch rockets into space from Australia will be granted earlier and failed missions won’t necessarily need forensic outside investigation under reforms announced on Wednesday to rebalance safety and innovation in the burgeoning sector. The proposed rule changes will see the requirement that ministers invite applicants to apply for a launch facility licence scrapped,...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/new-rules-to-slash-approval-times-for-1b-space-sector/feed/ 0 The take-off is already wobbly for FMIA moonshot https://www.innovationaus.com/the-take-off-is-already-wobbly-for-fmia-moonshot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-take-off-is-already-wobbly-for-fmia-moonshot https://www.innovationaus.com/the-take-off-is-already-wobbly-for-fmia-moonshot/#comments Sat, 06 Jul 2024 02:51:05 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=61975 There are many unanswered questions regarding the viability of the new era of state-led, taxpayer-funded green industrial policy that has become de rigueur in Australia and much of the western world since the Covid pandemic and the introduction of the US Inflation Reduction Act. Realpolitech would be grateful for a satisfactory answer to just one....

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/the-take-off-is-already-wobbly-for-fmia-moonshot/feed/ 1 $4m in research grants deepen India innovation ties https://www.innovationaus.com/4m-in-research-grants-deepen-india-innovation-ties/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4m-in-research-grants-deepen-india-innovation-ties https://www.innovationaus.com/4m-in-research-grants-deepen-india-innovation-ties/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 07:45:43 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=61890 Five Australian universities will work with counterparts in India on research projects spanning AI, e-waste and stopping superbugs after securing almost $4 million from the countries’ long running research fund. Recipients of round 15 of the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund were announced on Wednesday by Science minister Ed Husic. “From tougher strains of bacteria to...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/4m-in-research-grants-deepen-india-innovation-ties/feed/ 0 Australia is asleep, with a global AI arms race underway https://www.innovationaus.com/australia-is-asleep-with-a-global-ai-arms-race-underway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=australia-is-asleep-with-a-global-ai-arms-race-underway https://www.innovationaus.com/australia-is-asleep-with-a-global-ai-arms-race-underway/#respond Sun, 30 Jun 2024 11:38:10 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=61835 Wars are bloody, wild and noisy things, and in the amped up battle for global AI supremacy, June has been cacophonous. Apple finally made the leap into the fray with the unveiling of Apple Intelligence, a suite of advanced AI capabilities integrated directly into the company’s iPhone, iPad and Mac products. It’s a unique AI...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/australia-is-asleep-with-a-global-ai-arms-race-underway/feed/ 0 Medical research fund backs AI with $30m https://www.innovationaus.com/medical-research-fund-backs-ai-with-30m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medical-research-fund-backs-ai-with-30m https://www.innovationaus.com/medical-research-fund-backs-ai-with-30m/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 07:18:26 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=61739 Researchers will develop artificial intelligence that detects melanomas, treats youth mental health and brings down the cost of radiotherapy with $30 million in medical research grants. Health minister Mark Butler announced the recipients over the weekend, with 10 university researchers each receiving grants of around $3 million from the Medical Research Future Fund. The funding...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/medical-research-fund-backs-ai-with-30m/feed/ 0 Procurement tweak sharpens local tech sector’s edge https://www.innovationaus.com/procurement-tweak-sharpens-local-tech-sectors-edge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=procurement-tweak-sharpens-local-tech-sectors-edge https://www.innovationaus.com/procurement-tweak-sharpens-local-tech-sectors-edge/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2024 09:24:00 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=61650 Australian government tech suppliers are celebrating the Albanese government’s procurement rule changes, which will see more consideration of a seller’s broader economic benefit like intellectual property transfer and taxes. The consideration, which will be required for federal contracts over $1 million from July, helps level the playing field against global firms and has been welcomed...

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