High tech has combined with traditional knowledge to reduce weeds in Kakadu National Park.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
ANU, CSIRO to drive AI revolution
The ANU has announced major expansion to drive societal response to the artificial intelligence revolution.
Defence, CSIRO to finally get a pay rise
Department of Defence staff will get a pay rise after three years of negotiations.