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Could R&D financing keep biotech’s wheels in motion amid geopolitical uncertainty?
Australia’s biotechnology industry is facing an uncertain period, amid sweeping changes to US healthcare policy, which have already seen investors take a more cautious approach to biotech financing. With the US representing biotech’s largest market, companies who use conventional capital raising methods, are seeing more closed doors in their bid to fund clinical trials, or…
27 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Legal
Overcoming birth trauma, post inquiry – what needs to happen?
In 2024, a landmark parliamentary inquiry found ‘unacceptable’ rates of birth trauma in Australia, with one in three women directly affected. One year on, how much progress has the sector made; and what more needs to be done, to further drive down these figures? Ahead of the Obstetric Medico Legal Conference, we spoke with Professor…
24 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicBusiness
Technology
Boosting the representation of women in senior Biotech roles
In Australia’s biotechnology industry, women make up half of the entry-level workforce, but only 20 percent of leadership positions – an issue that has come under scrutiny in recent years. Aside from the ethical implications, under-representing women at senior and board level can impact business outcomes. According to a McKinsey report, companies in the top…
17 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Why being curious is the best way to engage communities
The clean energy transition is often viewed as a technical and commercial challenge, but – if recent statistics are anything to go by - social factors can carry equal weight in the equation. Between 2019-2023, it is estimated that 23 percent of project failures were the product of poor stakeholder management; and, for projects that…
16 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
How have 50c fares impacted public transport usage in QLD?
When Queensland introduced 50 cent public transport fares in August 2024, it did so with the goal of growing patronage amid cost-of-living pressures – but the new fares surprised with a range of other unexpected outcomes. Deputy Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads, Dr Deborah Hume, says public sentiment towards 50 cent…
9 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Uncovering best practices in community engagement
When renewable developers decide what their community engagement approach will be, they often draw upon the IAP2 spectrum – a well-known device for measuring community participation levels in an infrastructure project. The left side of the spectrum – best summarised as ‘inform and consult’ – has traditionally been used for smaller projects, which have less…
26 May 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Inside Southern Cross Care’s innovative aged care model
Matt Martin, Head of Strategy at Southern Cross Care Queensland (SCCQ), knew the Known and Loved cultural transformation program, was making a difference, when a 96-year-old resident told workers she was “living her best life”, and “couldn’t be happier” with her care. The resident, who was receiving respite services in Chinchilla, west of Brisbane, appeared…
22 May 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Inside Tasmania’s bold renewable plan – how the island state is positioning itself as a national clean energy powerhouse
If Australia is the “lucky country” when it comes to natural resources, Tasmania may well be the luckiest state. Blessed with world-class wind conditions from the Roaring Forties, a cool climate for solar efficiency, and an abundance of forested land for carbon sequestration, the island state has achieved net zero emissions, well ahead of most…
21 May 2025, by Amy SarcevicUncategorised
Inside Metro Rail’s asset management upgrade
The Metro Rail Network in Melbourne is upgrading its asset management practices, to help meet growing demand for its services. Integrating a portfolio of new technologies, the organisation is hoping to raise its performance across various operational and sustainability metrics. “We have transformed our business operations, streamlined our processes, and allowed for information to be…
21 May 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Hydropower’s role in supporting Tasmania’s changing energy needs
Visit Conference Website Hydropower, which has long been the backbone of Tasmania’s energy system, is adapting its role as the state’s energy needs change. Instead of being an ‘always on’ baseload system, it is adapting to one that can switch on and off at the right time, to work in coordination with wind, solar and…
14 May 2025, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
What does the National Transport Commission say about interoperability in rail? An interview with CEO Michael Hopkins
Visit Conference Website When Australia’s rail network was built, more than 100 years ago, its ability to operate as a single, unified system, was not given much thought. Between jurisdictions there were different rules, laws, rolling stock, infrastructure, and equipment – and although there has since been a push to even out these differences,…
8 May 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
The new model of care that reconceptualises dementia
A diagnosis of dementia has historically been seen as the start of a downward slope, in which continual cognitive decline is inevitable. However, a Scandinavian-inspired rehabilitative program, led by occupational and family therapist, Jane Verity, founder of Dementia Care International - is helping to reconceptualise the condition. The program, which was later developed into an…
29 Apr 2025, by Amy Sarcevic