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innovationaus.com | Joseph Brookes
TAFE institutes are demanding a bigger role in the national R&D system, proposing a Canadian-style approach of direct applied research funding to leverage their industry connections and nation-wide network. An outside expert has backed the push, after finding the sector and the “techies and tradies” it produces have become a central but unheralded Australia’s innovation system.
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innovationaus.com | Joseph Brookes
Independent senator David Pocock would throw his weight behind lifting R&D investment, startup support and responsible innovation in a second term, saying politicians need to do more to back local talent. Senator Pocock, whose debut term earned praise from a local tech sector, on Tuesday launched a new campaign policy platform that includes commitments on procurement, R&D investment and tech regulation.
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innovationaus.com | Joseph Brookes
Defence has contracted AWS and Microsoft to help with its migration and multi-cloud environment, inking fresh limited tender deals with the US hyperscalers worth more than $12 million. The cloud work comes after a significant shift in facilities last year when Defence migrated out of a Sydney data centre over concerns about Chinese ownership, and ahead of its new Defence Top Secret Cloud coming online.
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1 week ago |
innovationaus.com | Joseph Brookes
Tonsley Technical College, one of South Australia’s five new technical colleges, on Monday announced three more employer partnerships to support career development within advanced manufacturing and engineering. The employer partnerships include SARAH construction, which is also building the new college, advanced electronics manufacturer REDARC and the Climate Impact Corporation, a leader in the renewable hydrogen sector.
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1 week ago |
innovationaus.com | Joseph Brookes
Manufacturing workers on Friday said Australia “cannot risk” a Coalition government after the opposition promised to unwind mostly popular policy work and cut billions in legislated incentives for new industries. “Peter Dutton has voted against manufacturing workers in the parliament, now he is committed to destroying our industry and job security,” Australian Manufacturing Workers Union national secretary Steve Murphy told InnovationAus.com on Friday.
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