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Prime Minister's Prizes recognise excellence in science
17 October 2019
Joint media release with the Prime Minister the Hon Scott Morrison MP
A pioneering mathematician has received the top award at the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science, receiving $250,000 in prize money.
Space grants rocket industry ahead
17 October 2019
The Morrison Government is backing Australian space businesses to grow the economy and create new jobs, opening its $15 million program to help the local industry take on international space opportunities.
Technological innovation boosts sheep industry
14 October 2019
Joint media release with Minister for Agriculture Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie
The value of the Australian sheep industry has grown by almost $3 billion and productivity has increased by 50 per cent over the past two decades, after the work of a Federal Government backed Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).
20 years of rocking geoscience education
14 October 2019
Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan today celebrated the 20-year anniversary of Geoscience Australia’s popular Education Centre.
Further resource potential of the Pilbara marked through new stratigraphic well
14 October 2019
Joint media release with WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum the Hon Bill Johnson MLA
A new stratigraphic well in Western Australia’s Canning Basin will help scope out exciting new resources in the region, paving the way for new investment and jobs, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan said today.
Developing advanced capabilities for sustainable manufacturing
11 October 2019
Joint media release with the Minister for Education the Hon Dan Tehan and Senator David Van
New research will drive the adoption of environmentally friendly chemistry in Australian manufacturing that will lead to new products and processes with strong export potential.
New cutting edge research centre for meta-optics
11 October 2019
Joint media release with the Minister for Education, the Hon Dan Tehan MP and Senator the Hon Zed Seselja
Australian researchers will help turn science fiction into science fact by harnessing technology that will lead to ultra-fast, light-based WiFi and real-time holographic displays.
Drilling activity in Beetaloo Basin heralds new era for jobs and investment in Northern Australia
11 October 2019
Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan has applauded the first drilling activity in the Beetaloo Basin since the lifting of the moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing in 2018, with Origin Energy successfully spudding the Kyalla 117 well.
Hackers join search for missing people
11 October 2019
More than 300 hackers and investigators from across the country will today use their skills to try and find Australians who have gone missing.
Improving automated decision making
9 October 2019
Joint media release with the Minister for Education the Hon Dan Tehan MP
Australian researchers will make the world a safer place to use automated decision making.