Tech snapshot
- Australian population (2023): 26 million
- Australia’s online population: 25.3 million / 97.6%
- Australia’s median age: 38.1 years
Cushman & Wakefield: Global Data Center Market Comparison 2025
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CSIRO: Australia’s artificial intelligence ecosystem – growth & opportunities
- A quick intro to Impacts Renewable Energy’s solar thermal tech solution, Perflection, using mirror facets to focus sunlight for sustainable heating applications / full item
- Here’s a brief intro to 10 Western Australian startups travelling to Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology – SWITCH – in October / full item
- Here’s a quick intro to 17 Australian, and New Zealand, startups that raise a total of Au$174.3 million in the week to June 27th / full item
“We are treating big tech like the extractive industry it has become. Australia is legitimately asking companies to provide the life jackets and the safety guardrails that we expect…” / full item
- Australia’s under-16 social media ban: “…the regulator’s research found 37% of children aged 10 to 15 reported seeing harmful content on YouTube – the most of any social media site.” / full item
- Amazon is to invest $13BN in Australia’s data center infrastructure over 5 years, the company’s ‘largest global technology commitment in Australia’ / full item
Video: ‘Australia’s next space port emerging in North Queensland’, an overview from Space Centre Australia / on YouTube
- Space Machines Company and partners, University of Technology Sydney, announce ‘Australia’s largest industrial-scale spacecraft manufacturing facility’ / full item
“While Australia remains the primary partner in the… space domain, the US Space Forces Indo-Pacific is also looking to deepen ties with… Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and India.” / full item
- “Almost four in five Australian secondary schools are already using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, according to new research from Campion Education.” / full item
“This brings the number of BTC ATM installations from 1,385 on January 1, 2025 to 1,821 as of June 3 as per data from CoinATMradar.” / full item
- Victorian government awards Au$10M to Australian Centre for AI in Medical Innovation for La Trobe University deployment of NVIDIA-driven supercomputer / full item
“Australia’s national financial intelligence agency has rolled out new operating rules and transaction limits for crypto ATM operators, as federal police say scams through the kiosks are on the rise.” / full item
- CSIRO opens applications for India-Australia Rapid Innovation & Startup Expansion Accelerator – RISE – seeking innovation in renewable energy technologies / full item
- Here’s a quick intro to 17 Australian, and New Zealand, startups that raise a total of Au$174.3 million in the week to June 27th / full item
Malaysia: Penang Digital Economy Summit 2025
