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
US President Donald Trump’s purges and apparent acts of retribution aimed at top cyber officials put the nation’s digital defences at risk, a former head of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in a in a social media post on Friday. Mr Trump’s recent moves to fire the
Almost all the cyberattacks in the APAC region now come from external threat actors like organised crime syndicates and state-affiliated actors, according to new analysis of thousands of incidents. Espionage emerged as a key driver in the region in 2025, behind one in three APAC attacks and nearly double the
Three new Cooperative Research Centres will launch with $158 million in federal co-funding announced Thursday to start producing regenerative therapies, advance 3D printing and innovate in the care economy. The three centres are the Solutions for Manufacturing Advanced Regenerative Therapies (SMART) CRC, the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research ...
In an election dominated by pressing issues like housing, the cost of living, energy transition, Medicare and jobs, it may seem counterintuitive to prioritise space. But if we are serious about securing Australia’s future prosperity, national security, and global relevance, investing in space is not just important – it is
Australia will begin stockpiling critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and silicon from 2026 to insulate against geopolitical shocks and build up a fledgling processing industry if Labor is re-elected. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Thursday that an initial $1.2 billion taxpayer investment would launch a multi-generational national reserve ...
The White House said on Wednesday that fines on Apple and Meta Platforms by the European Union were a “novel form of economic extortion” that the United States will not tolerate. Apple was fined 500 million euros (US $570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as EU
Consulting giant KPMG says Australia’s biggest innovation incentive is too complex and outdated, with its administrative burdens acting as a handbrake on the strategic industries policy makers want to thrive. In a submission to the federal government’s Strategic Examination of Research and Development (SERD), senior KPMG staff have called for
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
US President Donald Trump’s purges and apparent acts of retribution aimed at top cyber officials put the nation’s digital defences at risk, a former head of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in a in a social media post on Friday. Mr Trump’s recent moves to fire the
Almost all the cyberattacks in the APAC region now come from external threat actors like organised crime syndicates and state-affiliated actors, according to new analysis of thousands of incidents. Espionage emerged as a key driver in the region in 2025, behind one in three APAC attacks and nearly double the
Three new Cooperative Research Centres will launch with $158 million in federal co-funding announced Thursday to start producing regenerative therapies, advance 3D printing and innovate in the care economy. The three centres are the Solutions for Manufacturing Advanced Regenerative Therapies (SMART) CRC, the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research ...
In an election dominated by pressing issues like housing, the cost of living, energy transition, Medicare and jobs, it may seem counterintuitive to prioritise space. But if we are serious about securing Australia’s future prosperity, national security, and global relevance, investing in space is not just important – it is
Australia will begin stockpiling critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and silicon from 2026 to insulate against geopolitical shocks and build up a fledgling processing industry if Labor is re-elected. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Thursday that an initial $1.2 billion taxpayer investment would launch a multi-generational national reserve ...
The White House said on Wednesday that fines on Apple and Meta Platforms by the European Union were a “novel form of economic extortion” that the United States will not tolerate. Apple was fined 500 million euros (US $570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as EU
Consulting giant KPMG says Australia’s biggest innovation incentive is too complex and outdated, with its administrative burdens acting as a handbrake on the strategic industries policy makers want to thrive. In a submission to the federal government’s Strategic Examination of Research and Development (SERD), senior KPMG staff have called for
