The AUKUS submarine project faces huge risks, and Cabinet knows. But as the Government ships $2B of taxpayers’ money to the US this year, with much more to follow, the taxpayer is not being told. Rex Patrick reports. On 26 February this year, Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, the man in
A shroud of secrecy surrounds negotiations between the Labor Government and large media companies about more locally produced drama and other creative content. Andrew Gardiner reports. The Albanese government’s self-imposed deadline ($) for local content quotas for the streaming giants quietly passed in July 2024 without any announcement. Since then,
IBM will invest US$150 billion (A$233 billion)in the US including on facilities for quantum computer production over the next five years, the latest American technology company to back the Trump administration’s push for local manufacturing. The company’s announcement on Monday follows similar pledges by tech giants such as Nvidia and
Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad will travel to the US this week with a plan to lure big tech data centres to his country by exempting the related technology investments from federal taxes. Mr Haddad’s trip to California on Friday includes a May 6 breakfast with tech executives in Palo
Energy storage innovator MGA Thermal has turned its sights to large scale commercial projects after proving up its proprietary technology as a clean steam alternative to gas for industry. The progress and completed demonstration facility are being unveiled Tuesday at MGA Thermal’s 5 MWh Tomago plant near Newcastle, pushing the
Liberal Party-funded disinformation group “Advance” sent a mass email sowing division over ANZAC Day just hours before Friday’s dawn service.
The post Liberal’s “Advance” spread Anzac-eve division appeared first on The Klaxon.
Have you ever experienced that feeling of utter exhaustion and sleep-deprivation during a summer heatwave? If so, you’re among the growing number of Australians at risk of illness or death from climate impacts. It’s a public health emergency that’s received scant attention, something researchers are looking to address.Whether it’s increased emergency ...
The world needs huge quantities of critical minerals to make batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, mobile phones, computers and advanced weaponry. Many of these minerals lie under Australian soil. Australia is able to produce 9 out of 10 mineral elements required to produce lithium-ion batteries, such as lithium, nickel and
A further slash of Canberra consultants and a hike on student visa fees will pay for Labor’s election promises, Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed Monday in a release of costings a week out from the election. The costings show Labor plans to save $6.4 billion over the next four years by
A returned Albanese government will co-fund a $40 million national training centre in Melbourne to reskill thousands of plumbers and gas fitters for the changing energy system. Federal Labor on Monday committed half the funding for the National Training Centre in New Energy Skills, planned for west Melbourne. The Allen state
New Zealand will have in place by July legislation regulating operators of ground-based space infrastructure, aimed at deterring foreign interference, the country’s Space minister Judith Collins said. The new regulations, which were flagged at the end of 2024, come after New Zealand’s intelligence service raised concerns last September that some ...
Cooperative Research Centres are seeking an expanded role that would allow them to access government funding beyond the Industry department and help deliver flagship programs like the National Reconstruction Fund. The changes would be some of the most significant ever to the CRC scheme, which has operated since the Hawke
The AUKUS submarine project faces huge risks, and Cabinet knows. But as the Government ships $2B of taxpayers’ money to the US this year, with much more to follow, the taxpayer is not being told. Rex Patrick reports. On 26 February this year, Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, the man in
A shroud of secrecy surrounds negotiations between the Labor Government and large media companies about more locally produced drama and other creative content. Andrew Gardiner reports. The Albanese government’s self-imposed deadline ($) for local content quotas for the streaming giants quietly passed in July 2024 without any announcement. Since then,
IBM will invest US$150 billion (A$233 billion)in the US including on facilities for quantum computer production over the next five years, the latest American technology company to back the Trump administration’s push for local manufacturing. The company’s announcement on Monday follows similar pledges by tech giants such as Nvidia and
Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad will travel to the US this week with a plan to lure big tech data centres to his country by exempting the related technology investments from federal taxes. Mr Haddad’s trip to California on Friday includes a May 6 breakfast with tech executives in Palo
Energy storage innovator MGA Thermal has turned its sights to large scale commercial projects after proving up its proprietary technology as a clean steam alternative to gas for industry. The progress and completed demonstration facility are being unveiled Tuesday at MGA Thermal’s 5 MWh Tomago plant near Newcastle, pushing the
Liberal Party-funded disinformation group “Advance” sent a mass email sowing division over ANZAC Day just hours before Friday’s dawn service.
The post Liberal’s “Advance” spread Anzac-eve division appeared first on The Klaxon.
Have you ever experienced that feeling of utter exhaustion and sleep-deprivation during a summer heatwave? If so, you’re among the growing number of Australians at risk of illness or death from climate impacts. It’s a public health emergency that’s received scant attention, something researchers are looking to address.Whether it’s increased emergency ...
The world needs huge quantities of critical minerals to make batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, mobile phones, computers and advanced weaponry. Many of these minerals lie under Australian soil. Australia is able to produce 9 out of 10 mineral elements required to produce lithium-ion batteries, such as lithium, nickel and
A further slash of Canberra consultants and a hike on student visa fees will pay for Labor’s election promises, Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed Monday in a release of costings a week out from the election. The costings show Labor plans to save $6.4 billion over the next four years by
A returned Albanese government will co-fund a $40 million national training centre in Melbourne to reskill thousands of plumbers and gas fitters for the changing energy system. Federal Labor on Monday committed half the funding for the National Training Centre in New Energy Skills, planned for west Melbourne. The Allen state
New Zealand will have in place by July legislation regulating operators of ground-based space infrastructure, aimed at deterring foreign interference, the country’s Space minister Judith Collins said. The new regulations, which were flagged at the end of 2024, come after New Zealand’s intelligence service raised concerns last September that some ...
Cooperative Research Centres are seeking an expanded role that would allow them to access government funding beyond the Industry department and help deliver flagship programs like the National Reconstruction Fund. The changes would be some of the most significant ever to the CRC scheme, which has operated since the Hawke