Australia’s peak business lobby is urging the Albanese government to introduce a suite of new incentives to de-risk research and development investment and motivate businesses to develop IP locally. The incentives, which include a business loan scheme modelled on Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund and tax credits for onshoring innovation, are
Tech sector professionals are pushing for private sector access to the government’s fledgling data sharing scheme, telling a review their admission under tighter controls could start delivering the promised value. The private sector was deliberately locked out of the Data Availability and Transparency (DATA) scheme when it was legislated in
Queensland has a new privacy commissioner in Alexander White, a former privacy advisor to the US Department of Homeland Security and the current privacy commissioner of Bermuda. Mr White, who has been appointed on a five-year term and will start the role in October, will have oversight of the collection,
Sydney has maintained its position as the top startup ecosystem in the Southern Hemisphere and clocked an estimated value of $55 billion in new rankings, but couldn’t buck the global trend of a post-pandemic funding crunch. The valuation – calculated on the sum of all estimated startup values and exits
CEO Vanessa Hudson’s strategy of making Qantas a majority low-cost airline has become with the closure of Jetstar Asia subsidiary. The unions are not happy, Michael Sainsbury reports. Vanessa Hudson’s strategic vision is facing pushback from increasingly restive pilot unions as Qantas continues to quietly move mainline routes to Jetstar
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was at the Press Club this week telling Australia that he had instructed the Treasurer Jim Chalmers to convene a special Productivity Roundtable in August. The roundtable, made up of senior leaders from government, business, the unions and civil society would discuss Team Australia-style strategies
What’s the scam with Australian Super and industry super bosses ducking for cover on Israel war crimes investments? Peak bodies ASFA and ACSI are ducking for cover. The scam is that millions of Australians appear to have ‘genocide exposure’ in their superannuation portfolios but the industry bigwigs are pretending it’s
The Western Australian government and UK tech and business groups are among critics of AUKUS’s advanced technology program, warning ‘Pillar II’ is still missing funding, structure and direction four years in. It comes as a US review of the trilateral pact announced on Thursday threatens to upend the deal entirely
The Victorian government has released its first Industry Policy in almost a decade, promising new direction and long-term stability to businesses powering the state’s economy. Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing Colin Brooks unveiled the delayed policy on Thursday to replace the government’s Future Industries Strategy, released back in 2016.
NEXTDC on Thursday committed $2 billion to a new data centre hub in Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend Innovation Precinct, promising customers the latest AI infrastructure at a new 150MW, 50,000m² facility. Dubbed M4 Melbourne, the facility will feature a liquid-cooled “AI factory” that supports NVIDIA’s top chips and uses recycled wastewater,
When the owners of big landmark buildings such as 101 Collins and 111 Bourke streets in Melbourne decide to electrify and retrofit their assets, you know there’s a big motivating factor driving an ambitious agenda.
Call it value.
How’s your NABERS rating? What about Green Star?
The image here is something we snapped in downtown Parramatta ...
Another solution for low carbon concrete – this time it’s common clay
The engineers at RMIT University have found a solution that may be able to tackle the problem of cement – a key ingredient of concrete that is responsible for 8 per cent of global CO2 emissions – by replacing it with common clay.
Traditionally, only high grade kaolin clay has ...
Australia’s peak business lobby is urging the Albanese government to introduce a suite of new incentives to de-risk research and development investment and motivate businesses to develop IP locally. The incentives, which include a business loan scheme modelled on Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund and tax credits for onshoring innovation, are
Tech sector professionals are pushing for private sector access to the government’s fledgling data sharing scheme, telling a review their admission under tighter controls could start delivering the promised value. The private sector was deliberately locked out of the Data Availability and Transparency (DATA) scheme when it was legislated in
Queensland has a new privacy commissioner in Alexander White, a former privacy advisor to the US Department of Homeland Security and the current privacy commissioner of Bermuda. Mr White, who has been appointed on a five-year term and will start the role in October, will have oversight of the collection,
Sydney has maintained its position as the top startup ecosystem in the Southern Hemisphere and clocked an estimated value of $55 billion in new rankings, but couldn’t buck the global trend of a post-pandemic funding crunch. The valuation – calculated on the sum of all estimated startup values and exits
CEO Vanessa Hudson’s strategy of making Qantas a majority low-cost airline has become with the closure of Jetstar Asia subsidiary. The unions are not happy, Michael Sainsbury reports. Vanessa Hudson’s strategic vision is facing pushback from increasingly restive pilot unions as Qantas continues to quietly move mainline routes to Jetstar
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was at the Press Club this week telling Australia that he had instructed the Treasurer Jim Chalmers to convene a special Productivity Roundtable in August. The roundtable, made up of senior leaders from government, business, the unions and civil society would discuss Team Australia-style strategies
What’s the scam with Australian Super and industry super bosses ducking for cover on Israel war crimes investments? Peak bodies ASFA and ACSI are ducking for cover. The scam is that millions of Australians appear to have ‘genocide exposure’ in their superannuation portfolios but the industry bigwigs are pretending it’s
The Western Australian government and UK tech and business groups are among critics of AUKUS’s advanced technology program, warning ‘Pillar II’ is still missing funding, structure and direction four years in. It comes as a US review of the trilateral pact announced on Thursday threatens to upend the deal entirely
The Victorian government has released its first Industry Policy in almost a decade, promising new direction and long-term stability to businesses powering the state’s economy. Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing Colin Brooks unveiled the delayed policy on Thursday to replace the government’s Future Industries Strategy, released back in 2016.
NEXTDC on Thursday committed $2 billion to a new data centre hub in Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend Innovation Precinct, promising customers the latest AI infrastructure at a new 150MW, 50,000m² facility. Dubbed M4 Melbourne, the facility will feature a liquid-cooled “AI factory” that supports NVIDIA’s top chips and uses recycled wastewater,
When the owners of big landmark buildings such as 101 Collins and 111 Bourke streets in Melbourne decide to electrify and retrofit their assets, you know there’s a big motivating factor driving an ambitious agenda.
Call it value.
How’s your NABERS rating? What about Green Star?
The image here is something we snapped in downtown Parramatta ...
Another solution for low carbon concrete – this time it’s common clay
The engineers at RMIT University have found a solution that may be able to tackle the problem of cement – a key ingredient of concrete that is responsible for 8 per cent of global CO2 emissions – by replacing it with common clay.
Traditionally, only high grade kaolin clay has ...