The University of South Australia claimed victory yesterday at the 2015 National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition (NI ARC), defeating 21 university teams from Australia and New Zealand in the live final held at the University of New South Wales.
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Cut tax on small business by 5pc: Bill Shorten
Labor would cut the tax on small business to 25 per cent and place a greater emphasis on science and technology, says Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.
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STEM skills, education reform urgently needed for “hyper-connected” workplace future: BCA boss
The Business Council of Australia’s president has warned that Australia needed to adjust its education system and workplaces.
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Science crucial to economic growth, worth $145 billion directly to GDP
The contribution to Australia’s economy by maths and science - nearly $300 billion including flow-on benefits – has been measured for the first time.
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Science-based industries to play key role in the ambitious national growth agenda
The Australian chemistry industry welcomes the ambitious growth agenda agreed at the G20 in Brisbane.
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Announcement “puts science at the centre of industry policy”: Abbott
The Industry Growth Centre initiative in yesterday’s competitiveness agenda would create better links between science and business.
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Industry growth centres to link business and science
The federal government will fund industry growth centres in five sectors that will encourage better use by business of Australian research.
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Incoming CSIRO boss to push industrial focus
Larry Marshall, who was yesterday named as the CSIRO’s next chief executive, has said the group will increase its efforts to serve industry.
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Initiative links top PhD students with chemicals industry
A new training program led by Monash University and the Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association was announced yesterday.
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Opposition wants national innovation agenda
Shadow industry minister Kim Carr has said that Australia risks missing out without a coherent innovation agenda.
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