The South Australian government’s $593 million plan to build a hydrogen power station, production facility and storage has received environmental approval from the federal government. The approval, ...

Adelaide-based Southern Launch has secured federal environmental approval to launch rockets near endangered species in South Australia subject to restrictions. Environment minister Tanya Plibersek ...

Australia has a huge opportunity to build a thriving semiconductor industry without spending big on a state-of-the-art chip fab for onshore manufacturing, thanks to its world-class R&D talent pool.

Canberra’s $15 billion tech panel is being routinely exploited by officials, who use it as a veneer of competition when handing hundreds of millions of dollars to their preferred suppliers, a horror ...

Sydney-based counterdrone pioneer DroneShield has taken out the Translation Hero award at the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence for its successful commercialisation of cutting-edge radio ...

The first investments from the Albanese government’s landmark $15 billion manufacturing fund will be revealed within weeks as part of series A or B raises of local startups. The National ...

Investigations have been launched into more than a dozen officials and contractors at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Australian Passport Office over its cowboy procurements. The probes ...

Queensland’s new Premier David Crisafulli has appointed a new Minister for Customer Services and Open Data after scrapping the former government’s Digital Services portfolio. Steve Minnikin was sworn ...

Australia’s biggest medical research funding agency will start gaining independent assurances of grant recipients’ fraud risks and mandate reporting of suspected incidents, following a misconduct ...

Australia’s cyber intelligence agency has witnessed a falloff in businesses proactively reporting cyber incidents in recent months, delaying their ability to respond as firms increasingly lawyer up.

Western Australia has become the first state to set a green hydrogen export target after the arrival of national targets earlier this year, but has avoided specifying a quantity. In its refreshed ...

An independent review of Australia’s online safety laws containing more than 60 recommendations for change has been handed to Communications minister Michelle Rowland. Former competition watchdog ...