Astrophysicist Matthew Bailes has taken out Australia’s top science prize for his part in the discovery of fast radio bursts – millisecond-duration radio flashes that can be used to calculate the mass of the universe. Professor Bailes was awarded the 2024 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science on Tuesday evening, joining
Sydney quantum startup Q-CTRL on Tuesday added an all equity $87 million raise to its multi-year Series B, taking the round past $166 million and bucking fears of a “quantum winter” or ceiling on the local sector. The hardware and software firm will use the money to scale up research
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 IT systems. InnovationAus.com can reveal Defence called off the main release – which has been described as the “backbone” of the
Nearly a third of all Australian houses have rooftop solar panels. That’s more than 3.6 million houses which are utilising the renewable energy source, and this figure is expected to increase rapidly over coming years with rising energy costs and a push towards net zero emissions.
I attended school and university under the old social contract; do your best at school, complete your homework, study for exams, get a good final score, go to university, maintain the effort, get a degree, and a well-paid job with good career prospects will be waiting. This chain of life
AIM Defence has delivered two more of its high-powered counter-drone laser systems to Defence, bringing its work with the department to more than $10 million over the past year. The new $4.8 million deal, signed at the end of August, comes less than four months after the Melbourne-based company supplied
The Education department is investigating a complaint about the procurement of highly paid advisers for its $1.6 billion research commercialisation push. The ongoing inquiry has delayed the tender by more than three months and is threatening the timely roll-out of research grants. The nature of the complaint is unclear, but
In a recent interview, the outwardly mild-mannered former Google chief executive and chairman Eric Schmidt made some bold statements. He revealed that ‘his friends” at the forefront of artificial intelligence have modelled the power needs of the world’s new energy guzzling technology. They have concluded the United States will run
For almost a decade, researchers have been gathering evidence that the social media platform Facebook disproportionately amplifies low-quality content and misinformation. So it was something of a surprise when in 2023 the journal Science published a study that found Facebook’s algorithms were not major drivers of misinformation during the 2020
The corporate regulator did not deeply review the impacts of its recommended increase to the wholesale investor threshold, conceding on Friday that it relied on its own judgements to make a call that has angered the tech sector. In response to potential changes to wholesale investor and client tests, the
Change must start at the top, with upskilling of Australian executives and leaders. As consumers, Australians are world-leading in adopting new technologies. But our businesses, and their corporate boards, are often much slower and unprepared when adopting new and disruptive technologies. But technology is essential for Australia’s transition to become
South Australian public sector stalwart Josh Wheeler has been appointed the chief executive of Green Industries SA as the circular economy agency prepares to release a new strategic plan. Mr Wheeler has been acting in the role since his predecessor and CSIRO alumnus Professor Ian Overton left the role
Astrophysicist Matthew Bailes has taken out Australia’s top science prize for his part in the discovery of fast radio bursts – millisecond-duration radio flashes that can be used to calculate the mass of the universe. Professor Bailes was awarded the 2024 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science on Tuesday evening, joining
Sydney quantum startup Q-CTRL on Tuesday added an all equity $87 million raise to its multi-year Series B, taking the round past $166 million and bucking fears of a “quantum winter” or ceiling on the local sector. The hardware and software firm will use the money to scale up research
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 IT systems. InnovationAus.com can reveal Defence called off the main release – which has been described as the “backbone” of the
Nearly a third of all Australian houses have rooftop solar panels. That’s more than 3.6 million houses which are utilising the renewable energy source, and this figure is expected to increase rapidly over coming years with rising energy costs and a push towards net zero emissions.
I attended school and university under the old social contract; do your best at school, complete your homework, study for exams, get a good final score, go to university, maintain the effort, get a degree, and a well-paid job with good career prospects will be waiting. This chain of life
AIM Defence has delivered two more of its high-powered counter-drone laser systems to Defence, bringing its work with the department to more than $10 million over the past year. The new $4.8 million deal, signed at the end of August, comes less than four months after the Melbourne-based company supplied
The Education department is investigating a complaint about the procurement of highly paid advisers for its $1.6 billion research commercialisation push. The ongoing inquiry has delayed the tender by more than three months and is threatening the timely roll-out of research grants. The nature of the complaint is unclear, but
In a recent interview, the outwardly mild-mannered former Google chief executive and chairman Eric Schmidt made some bold statements. He revealed that ‘his friends” at the forefront of artificial intelligence have modelled the power needs of the world’s new energy guzzling technology. They have concluded the United States will run
For almost a decade, researchers have been gathering evidence that the social media platform Facebook disproportionately amplifies low-quality content and misinformation. So it was something of a surprise when in 2023 the journal Science published a study that found Facebook’s algorithms were not major drivers of misinformation during the 2020
The corporate regulator did not deeply review the impacts of its recommended increase to the wholesale investor threshold, conceding on Friday that it relied on its own judgements to make a call that has angered the tech sector. In response to potential changes to wholesale investor and client tests, the
Change must start at the top, with upskilling of Australian executives and leaders. As consumers, Australians are world-leading in adopting new technologies. But our businesses, and their corporate boards, are often much slower and unprepared when adopting new and disruptive technologies. But technology is essential for Australia’s transition to become
South Australian public sector stalwart Josh Wheeler has been appointed the chief executive of Green Industries SA as the circular economy agency prepares to release a new strategic plan. Mr Wheeler has been acting in the role since his predecessor and CSIRO alumnus Professor Ian Overton left the role
