Simon Hackett

Simon at Base64 3Simon Hackett is an Australian business leader who combines entrepreneurial energy with technical expertise. After building Internode into Australia's largest privately-owned broadband company, Simon sold Internode to iiNet Ltd, Australia’s second-largest provider of DSL broadband services. After serving as a non-executive director on the iiNet board for 18 months, Simon resigned that role in November 2013 to become a non-executive director of NBN Co, the government-owned company building the National Broadband Network. Simon has also invested in a number of innovative Australian start-up technology companies.

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ARA Director Dr Andrew McGrath 2 WAirborne Research Australia Director Dr Andrew McGrath Philanthropic organisation Hackett Foundation has donated $100,000 to Airborne Research Australia, a not-for-profit Australian research institute that conducts world-leading measurements of climate change.

Airborne Research Australia (ARA) https://www.airborneresearch.org.au/ operates two purpose-designed single-engine Diamond aircraft equipped with globally unique self-developed or adapted environmental measurement equipment.

With climate change a growing concern globally, and ongoing debate about human contribution to it, precise environmental measurements are vital for a deeper understanding and better-informed policy.

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Simon Hackett (left) with Jorg HackerAn SA-based airborne research institute that tracks everything from dinosaur footprints to cattle flatulence has received a major research boost from a more than $1 million donation by the Hackett Foundation.

Airborne Research Australia (ARA) was born 30 years ago at Flinders University and has established itself as a unique, national and international research group for airborne research. This donation sees ARA move to an independent, not-for-profit company that will maintain strong links with university-based research and education.  Members of the ARA Board of Directors have strong scientific backgrounds as active researchers and educators at Australian and overseas universities.

The support from the Hackett Foundation will assist ARA to invest in new scientific instrumentation and capabilities, as well as specialist staff to map the Earth in all of its aspects using a fleet of unique small aircraft to obtain new and important information about our living environment, including the atmosphere and coastal submerged features.

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Sony VPL-VW5000ESAdelaide’s premier audio-visual specialist VAF Research will this week display Sony’s latest and greatest 4K high definition laser projector - worth $90,000 - in an SA first event at its Kent Town showrooms.

Highlighted by an invitation-only event this Wednesday evening, VAF will demonstrate Sony’s top-of-the range VPL-HW5000es projector all this week, hooked up to breathtaking VAF speakers.

Dubbed the world’s most advanced 4K projector, the Sony VPL-VW5000ES contains dual laser light sources that deliver 20,000 hours of lamp life with as much as 5000 lumens of brightness at a screen resolution of 4096 by 2160 pixels.

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  6. Hackett Foundation sponsors WOMADelaide 2016 (06 October 2015)
  7. Adelaide mansion time-shifts into the 21st century (27 April 2015)
  8. New version puts wind under AvPlan’s wings (20 April 2015)
  9. AvPlan EFB soars with Australian aerospace award (24 February 2015)
  10. NBNco director Simon Hackett joins RedFlow board (21 November 2014)
  11. Hackett ticks the boxes for Charles Todd Medal (07 November 2014)
  12. AvPlan launches Android version (13 October 2014)
  13. Australian tech startup BlueChilli announces $5M investment round (02 September 2014)
  14. Simon shares iPhone 5s photo tips (13 June 2014)
  15. Simon Hackett invests $2.2 million in RedFlow (21 May 2014)
  16. AvPlan takes off in the USA (12 April 2014)
  17. AvPlan takes off in New Zealand (24 January 2014)
  18. Simon Hackett spreads his wings with AvPlan (08 November 2013)