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Medtech company MedAdvisor has been approved by the Federal Government via the Australian Digital Health Agency and will be launching its ePrescribing functionality to help connect GPs, pharmacists and patients as they navigate the rollout of eScripts across Australia. The Federal Government accelerated the rollout of ePrescribing after the COVID-19

Heavy emitters are facing extreme pressure to make their operations greener, not only from their shareholders but their customers further down the supply chain as well.  Australian business leader Simon McKeon says that while public shareholder pressure has focused executives’ attention on sustainability issues, “there’s an even louder voice which

From empty supermarket shelves to delays manufacturing electronics and cars, the COVID-19 crisis has provided a stark example of global supply chain disruption.  In the early months of the crisis, 94 per cent of Fortune 1000 companies suffered supply chain disruptions. Underestimating the risk of supply chain shocks led to

Leading global food and agribusiness bank Rabobank has rolled out technology that enables virtual rural property valuations from CSIRO-backed start-up Digital Agriculture Services (DAS) in Australia. The Rural Valuations Hub, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) product is helping Rabobank deliver consistent, efficient and independent property appraisals. It provides comprehensive information enabling the

Eight of Australia’s largest industrial companies have agreed to work together to make their operations carbon neutral by 2050.  BHP, Woodside, BlueScope Steel, BP Australia, Orica, APA Group, Australian Gas Infrastructure Group and Wesfarmers – which together represent 14 per cent of Australian industrial emissions – have signed on to

Drone autonomy company, Emesent,  says it has achieved a major breakthrough in the journey to fully autonomous flight systems, with the launch of Autonomy Level 2 (AL2) for Hovermap, the world’s first plug-and-play payload for industrial drones that provides autonomous beyond line of sight, GPS-denied flight. Building on Emesent’s its

International property and infrastructure group Lendlease, has selected Google Cloud as its primary cloud partner to launch Podium, the company’s recently announced property lifecycle platform callee Podium, aimed at simplifying the interdependencies in the built world. “We believe the next phase of innovation is centred around autonomous buildings, which sees

Spending on Digital Twins will reach $12.7 billion globally by 2021, representing an increase of 17 per cent from $10.8 billion in 2019. The figures are contained in a new report from Juniper Research. Digital Twins are a digital representation of physical assets that utilise IoT data; enabling use cases

More than nine in 10 executives (95 per cent) believe that climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions has been a contributing factor to increased extreme weather events that their electricity networks have experienced over the past 10 years, according to new research from Accenture. In addition, 90 per cent

The “millennial mindset” is extending beyond its namesake demographic in the insurance industry, putting increased pressure on incumbents, according to new research from Capgemini, which found laggards are at risk of being disintermediated.  Consumers are increasingly opting for insurance from big tech companies and product manufacturers, like Tesla for car