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The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese addresses the media in Brisbane ahead of the PsiQuantum announcment.

Albanese defends $1b start-up bet as Queensland support wavers

The contentious $1 billion project relied on federal and state co-operation, but the new Queensland government is sceptical.

  • Paul Sakkal and David Swan

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Opposition frontbencher Paul Fletcher has been leading the opposition’s prosecution of the quantum tie-up.

Coalition questions whether close friendship swayed Labor on $470m tech contract

The Coalition has upped its pursuit of Labor on the quantum deal, raising concerns about a ministerial adviser’s relationship with a member of the venture capital firm backing a quantum firm.

  • Paul Sakkal
PsiQuantum’s Aussie founders professor Jeremy O’Brien and Terry Rudolph say their plans are ‘bigger than the government of the day.’

Probe flagged for Labor’s $1b showcase quantum computing deal

The auditor-general has opened the door to scrutiny of public investment of almost $1 billion in high-tech start-up PsiQuantum.

  • Paul Sakkal

Chandeliers, ‘qubits’ and Schrödinger’s cat: Inside the bizarre world of quantum computing

In the quantum realm, the laws of physics are different. Now its mind-bending tech could soon transform our lives. How does it work?

  • Angus Holland, Jackson Graham and Angus Dalton
The movie poster for Oppenheimer.

Confused by the quantum computing race? It’s just like the Oscars

The government just bet $1 billion on one kind of quantum. But there are many other contenders in the race for the golden gong.

  • Angus Dalton
Y2K was all bang, no bite. Could Q-Day deliver on the promise of chaos?

Y2K was a flop. But Q-Day could really screw us over

Quantum computing accelerated on Tuesday with a $1 billion injection of government funding. But the rise of the tech poses a key threat to the way we live.

  • Angus Dalton
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Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic in front of a trapped ion quantum computer at the quantum labs at Sydney University.

The next industrial revolution is here, and it’s ‘spooky’ according to Einstein

The world’s most powerful nations and many of the biggest companies are racing to establish themselves as leaders in a computer technology of unimaginable potency

  • Peter Hartcher
Federal and Queensland taxpayers will sink $1 billion to bring a quantum computing company to Brisbane.

$1 billion for Australian project to build first useful quantum computer

Anthony Albanese will on Tuesday announce the investment to bring a cutting-edge computing company to Australia.

  • Shane Wright
A printed circuit board with a super conducting device at the Sydney Nanoscience Hub at Sydney University.

Plan for Australia to stay ‘ahead of the pack’ in cutting-edge computing

The federal government is investing $18 million to link the country’s major universities with industry groups and strategic partners to boost the country’s quantum edge.

  • Rachel Clun
An artist’s impression of the DeepSouth supercomputer, capable of replicating the power of a human brain.

First supercomputer that replicates the human brain firing up in Sydney

For all our rapid technological progress, the best computer on earth remains the human brain. So scientists are building a computer that replicates one.

  • Angus Dalton

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