Axe wielded at iconic public institutions

Public sector jobs are set to go at the ABC, CSIRO and the National Gallery.

25 June, 2020

Sewage surveillance could help COVID recovery

A sewage drug monitoring network could form the basis of a new COVID detection program.

20 April, 2020

‘Digital twin’ opens new horizons in planning

The Digital Twin provides 3D and 4D visualisations of future planning scenarios.

25 February, 2020

AI meets Indigenous intelligence in Kakadu

High tech has combined with traditional knowledge to reduce weeds in Kakadu National Park.

1 December, 2019

Supply of AI workers failing to meet demand

Strategic action is required to ensure Australia has an estimated 32,000 to 161,000 AI workers by 2030.

18 November, 2019

CSIRO finds Inland Rail a boon for agriculture

CSIRO research has found the nation’s largest rail infrastructure project connecting regional Australia could save agriculture up to $70 million a year.

21 March, 2019

Climate change a challenge to infrastructure, assets

Governments at all levels are facing mounting costs from a range of climate-related threats to infrastructure and transport, according to a Senate inquiry.

16 August, 2018

Councils swoop on solutions to flying-fox woes

Rapidly growing flying-fox colonies in urban areas are causing grief for councils across NSW but state support for long-term resettlement of habitats could offer a solution.

7 May, 2018

Augmenting technology: the new skills for government professionals

Government agencies are identifying the skills their staff will need to effectively complement emerging technologies that promise to transform service delivery, senior bureaucrats say.

22 March, 2018

CSIRO spins carbon web

Australia government-owned research body, CSIRO, says Australia may get an entirely new industry as a result of Australian developed carbon fibre technology. It has announced “Australia’s first entirely home grown carbon fibre,” which it says will enable Australian industry to mass-produce products that use the advanced material, “used in everything from bicycles and tennis rackets […]

8 November, 2017

New book shows how computing started in Australia

Digital computing started in Australia in 1949, when Trevor Pearcey first switched on his CSIR Mark 1. It was only the fourth computer in the world. Pearcey, an Englishman who had worked on radar during World War II, had designed the machine from scratch and built it largely from surplus war material. It used 1500 […]

2 November, 2017

ANU, CSIRO to drive AI revolution

The ANU has announced major expansion to drive societal response to the artificial intelligence revolution.

6 September, 2017

Defence, CSIRO to finally get a pay rise

Department of Defence staff will get a pay rise after three years of negotiations.

23 June, 2017

CSIRO takes on Silicon Valley

New American outpost for Australian science.

31 January, 2017