Uni Adelaide leads the second trailblazer research programme, in partnership with UNSW and business

The consortium will work on defence science.  According to Uni Adelaide, the Concept to Sovereign Capability programme will “enable innovators in industry and universities to create deployable prototypes of disruptive technologies to meet Defence’s priority future requirements. There will be $126 million to commercialise successful tech for defence and civil use.

Prime Minister Morrison announced the programme in Adelaide yesterday. It follows Monday’s news of a Curtin U trailblazer on resources technology.

There are two more trailblazers likely to be announced during the campaign.

Lights, camera, cash!

On Easter Eve the Coalition announced $5m for a training and student placement partnerships between digital film producers and Uni Melbourne’s Victorian College of the Arts. It’s part of mainly state government funded “virtual production infrastructure,” “boosting the state’s position as a world-leading centre for screen production.”