Tag: tech

CSIRO plots path to secure critical minerals ambition

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Targeted support for innovation and greater international engagement will be needed to ensure Australia realises its critical minerals processing ambitions, according to national science agency CSIRO. In a new...

Gig Guide: Experts join economic accelerator board

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The committee overseeing Australia’s Economic Accelerator, a $1.6 billion research commercialisation initiative, has been confirmed after half a year of interim arrangements. Two additional members were appointed to the...

Industry veteran Luke Coleman is new CommsAlliance CEO

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Telecommunications industry veteran Luke Coleman has been appointed as chief executive officer at the Communications Alliance, the industry association for the telco sector. He takes over the role from...

Gig Guide: Former growth centre lead moves on

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Former industry growth centre chief executive Miranda Taylor has joined Wind With Purpose, a renewable energy consultancy based in Perth. Ms Taylor joins the consultancy just over a year...

Under the horizon: Researchers frustrated by EU R&D snub

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Australia is “missing an open goal” by not joining the European Union’s flagship research and innovation program, research and businesses leaders have warned while calling on a reluctant federal...

CBA’s VC accelerator hunts AI startups

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Data and AI startups are the focus of the Commonwealth Bank’s next accelerator program Xccelerate24, with startups to vie for a $250,000 investment and a potential partnership with Australia’s...

Defence to host pitch day for innovative ideas

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Innovative firms will have just three minutes to woo senior Defence officials during a new pitch day set up by the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator, but it could be...

Gig Guide: Randall Brugeaud joins Services Aus

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Services Australia’s new chief operating officer is public sector IT stalwart and former Digital Transformation Agency chief Randall Brugeaud. Mr Brugeaud, who spent the last three years as the...

ANU, Fujitsu plan quantum computer for Canberra

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Plans to build a quantum computer in Canberra have been set in motion after the Australian National University signed a new agreement with Japanese tech conglomerate Fujitsu. On Thursday,...