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Salus Ventures, Australia’s largest venture capital fund with a focus on national resilience, has launched its Strategic Advisor Program, making three significant appointments to its team. These include:

• Paul Symon AO, the former Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and Deputy Chief of Army.
• The Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO, previous Ambassador to the US and Chief of Staff to Australian Prime Minister John Howard.
• Rear Admiral Lee Goddard CSC, former Head of Operation Sovereign Borders, member of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Director of Austal.

The CSIRO says it has secured access to one of the world's most sophisticated high-performance satellites, giving Australian scientists direct control over which data the satellite collects over the region, and putting the national science agency at the forefront of Australia's civilian space science sector.

Professional services firm KPMG Australia has been chosen as one of the lead partners of the newly formed Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), which has raised over $160 million in cash and in-kind commitments to fast-track the growth of Australia’s food industry through digital technologies.

The Australian Government has finally put in place laws to govern data breaches, with legislation passing the Senate on Monday.

The new federal Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos has responsibility for innovation and science after being appointed to the portfolio by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a reshuffle of his ministry.