Australian governments have been discussing innovation, advanced manufacturing, and the vision of making more (and more high-tech things) in Australia… for decades. Yet here we are in 2024, ranked ...

The federal government expects to lift overall spending on R&D by almost $650 million this financial year, outpacing sluggish R&D spending growth in the private sector, according to new data. The ...

Senate crossbenchers that the federal government needs to win over to pass its Future Made in Australia bill are demanding more transparency, emissions assessments and an explicit ban on fossil fuel ...

The CSIRO’s chief information officer of nearly nine and a half years, Brendan Dalton, will retired at the end of this year. Mr Dalton, who was also chief information security officer until Jamie ...

South Australian launch operator Southern Launch will attempt Australia’s first commercial space re-entry early next year at its Koonibba Test Range after receiving clearance from the Australian ...

Every year around the world, more than a third of all food that is produced goes to waste. In Australia, 7.6 million tonnes of food goes to waste every year, costing the economy an estimated $37 ...

In late 2019 and early 2020, Sydney was engulfed in toxic smoke from some of the worst bushfires Australia has ever faced. Sydneysiders were confronted with the smoke, with some experiencing ...

eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant wants steep fines and mandatory safety by design rules to come from the Albanese government’s review of online safety laws, but says “recalcitrant players” will ...

The Australian National University’s research and innovation arm will lose more than 10 per cent of staff as part of a major cost-saving restructure designed to cut salary cost by $100 million a year.

Defence has postponed the cutover to its multi-billion dollar new enterprise resources planning system, further dragging out the mammoth SAP build amid the department’s latest push to eradicate legacy ...

Australia’s tech industry groups are divided on the impact stricter mergers laws will have on the incentive to grow innovative startups in Australia and attract venture capital investment. Among the ...