RHIANA WHITSON, REPORTER: Quantum computing is predicted to revolutionise everything from medicine, energy networks to defence. RHIANA WHITSON: Quantum computing is still an unproven technology so some in the scientific world were surprised when last month the federal and Queensland governments announced a joint almost one-billion-dollar investment in a US based company - PsiQuantum. RHIANA WHITSON: There are also concerns …
The eastern grandstand of Sydney’s Olympic stadium will be named after Cathy Freeman in tribute to the Indigenous runner who won the 400m gold medal at the venue during the 2000 Games. “I hope that my story continues to inspire generations of girls and boys to chase their own dreams in sport and life.” The grandstand will be named ‘Cathy …
As she entered the Olympic stadium midway through the opening ceremony of Sydney 2000, dressed in a luminescent white bodysuit to transfer the Games flame to the imposing cauldron at the far end, the message that went out was loud and clear. Cathy Freeman, an Aboriginal, being given such a pride of place in Australia’s biggest sporting moment in the …
