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Over the next two years, the government is looking to conduct two rounds of grants worth AU$10 million in total under the Australian 5G Innovation Initiative label, with individual grants looking to be in the range of AU$0. 5 million to AU$1 million each. The grants are intended to be used on equipment and installation costs. "It is not expected that the Initiative's grants will support significant investment in research and development into 5G applications as the focus of the Initiative is on supporting commercial applications, " the department said. "There may however be some need to support limited development costs if applications are pre-commercial or specific software is needed to facilitate 5G use cases. " Submissions to the discussion paper are open until 5pm on December 11, with the expected timeline for grant applications to open in February, with grants to be awarded in May, and winners to report back between May and June 2022. Related Coverage Team Australia: CSIRO's multimillion-dollar post-coronavirus plan Business leaders call for collaboration to drive Australia's COVID-19 recovery Australian businesses to tread carefully as economic uncertainty remains high Forrester predicts tech spend to shrink as Australia enters into recession RBA says entrepreneurial 'dynamism' key to a post-coronavirus Australian economy
Relationships of convenience may become rarer, but people will likely still make the effort for co-workers they really connect with. Even so, a social deficiency in the virtual office could be alienating, especially if Americans continue to dedicate so much of their days to work. It's possible that lonely workers will redirect that energy toward family, hobbies, and nonwork friends. The rise of remote work may just mean that work friendships no longer play an oversize presence in our social and professional life—and that they become more like regular, "real, " friendships.
In the UK, nearly 20% of adults have been experiencing some form of depression during the pandemic – a figure that had doubled since before the outbreak, according to the Office for National Statistics. "I am curious about the post-traumatic effects, how it affects personal relationships, " agrees Marcell Déri in Hungary. And finally, with inequalities – whether socio-economic or racial - more visible than ever, one question on readers' minds is whether our societies can change for the better as a result. "Under duress, we tend to regress, " says Dennis Linehan from Flagstaff, Arizona. "So, when we emerge from the pandemic, is humankind motivated by a common goodwill and generosity toward one another or are we generally more pessimistic and revert to a pronounced tribalism? " Perhaps the most concrete certainty for the future is uncertainty. "I'm objectively curious to see where the waves settle and what becomes a new normal, " says Marek Matthew Getter in New York City "What interests me is what normal will look like.
"The kind of lunch dates I have with my girlfriends … [remind] me of us running into each other in the hallway, " Young told me, offering her some semblance of the old office routine. The friends told me that they've actually become closer during the pandemic. The two tech marketers I spoke with also moved their scheduled hangouts to videochat—but while they've remained close, the 27-year-old noted that many of his other work friendships have become more transactional. "When the foundation of your relationship or your friendship with your co-workers is primarily work-based, it's hard to reach out, like 'Oh, let's hang out, '" he told me. Without the organic office chitchat, many of his work friendships have been reduced to minimal communications about tasks. He now spends more time alone or with college and high-school friends whom he is more comfortable planning things with. People aren't merely struggling to maintain work friendships as they transition to remote work: They're struggling to maintain work friendships in the midst of a pandemic, staggering unemployment rates, and a nationwide reckoning with racial injustice.