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Dec 2023
Women and girls in STEM: Kiowa Scott-Hurley
Kiowa Scott-Hurley shares her experiences with art, coding, supercomputing and navigating the STEM workplace as a queer Aboriginal woman with a chronic illness.
Dec 2023
Help create Australia’s Centre for Quantum Growth
$18.5 million in grant funding is available to help grow Australia’s quantum industry. Applications close 24 January 2024.
Nov 2023
Industry Innovation and Science Australia
Industry Innovation and Science Australia (IISA) releases 2022–23 annual report
Find out about IISA’s activities and performance over the last financial year.
Nov 2023
Our 2023 APS Employee Census results
The 2023 APS Employee Census results are in. The census collects workforce views on important issues.
Nov 2023
Industry Innovation and Science Australia
New insights on barriers to innovation highlight Australia’s missing band of medium-sized businesses
Improving Australia’s capacity to be resilient and to grow the economy requires more innovative small businesses scaling up.
Nov 2023
Methane abatement technology projects receive $4.35 million
The Australian Government is supporting methane abatement technologies as part of Australia's transition to net zero.
Nov 2023
Industry Innovation and Science Australia
Industry Innovation and Science Australia (IISA) report highlights barriers to collaboration and commercialisation
Find out about the challenges Australian businesses face and ideas to remove those barriers.
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20 November 2023
Australian Space Agency
Competition to name Australia’s lunar rover
Australians have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to name an Aussie-built rover that will go to the Moon. Voting on 4 shortlisted names is now open.
16 November 2023
Australia joins international working group on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Major natural gas importing and exporting countries are working together on a shared global framework for methane and carbon dioxide measurement.
16 November 2023
Office of National Rail Industry Coordination
Rail manufacturing set to get Australia rolling
Australia’s rolling stock manufacturing sector employs nearly 6,000 people and contributes millions to our economy. But it could be much bigger.
16 November 2023
Office of National Rail Industry Coordination
Getting our rail manufacturing industry back on track
We’ve developed a strategy with stakeholders to grow Australia’s rail manufacturing sector.
13 November 2023
Non-binary people in STEM: Camelia Walker
Dr Camelia Walker provided vital modelling for Australia’s COVID-19 response. They talk about the joys of epidemiology research and the challenges of being a transgender nonbinary person in STEM.
13 November 2023
Women and girls in STEM: Deanne Fisher
Deanne Fisher leads a research team that uses telescopes across the planet (and in orbit) to study galaxies and the formation of stars.
8 November 2023
National Measurement Institute
The Australian Government is reforming measurement legislation
Following the Measurement Law Review the government is drafting legislation.
3 November 2023
Australia signs international declaration on AI safety
The Bletchley Declaration commits to the safe, ethical and responsible development of artificial intelligence (AI).
3 November 2023
National Reconstruction Fund
Launching the National Reconstruction Fund website
Visit nrf.gov.au for updates from the NRF Corporation.
3 November 2023
Australia and the UK strengthen cooperation on quantum
The 2 countries have signed a new joint statement on cooperation in quantum technologies.
2 November 2023
OncoRes Medical revolutionising breast cancer surgery
The company is improving patient outcomes with support from our Biomedical Translation Fund venture capital program and Cooperative Research Centres Projects program.
1 November 2023
Australian Space Agency
Launching the Australian Space Agency website
The Australian Space Agency and Australian Space Discovery Centre have moved. Visit space.gov.au for all the agency’s information, publications, news and events.