Author: Joseph Brookes

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R&D review discovers uninvited AI guest

The federal Industry department has moved to correct the record after reports an Irish AI startup has joined the government’s generational review of Australia’s research and development system. The...

NSW to top up game development rebates in Budget

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State government support for video game developers in NSW will be topped up in the Budget as part of a $380 million package for the screen and digital games...

Tech workers push for access to govt data sharing scheme

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Tech sector professionals are pushing for private sector access to the government’s fledgling data sharing scheme, telling a review their admission under tighter controls could start delivering the promised...

Pillar II pile on: Stakeholders warn on rudderless AUKUS tech

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The Western Australian government and UK tech and business groups are among critics of AUKUS’s advanced technology program, warning ‘Pillar II’ is still missing funding, structure and direction four...

AIIA chief Simon Bush steps down

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The head of the Australian Information Industry Association Simon Bush will step down next month, leaving the peak representative body for another role in the IT industry. The AIIA...

Farmers warn R&D crunch risks blue sky work

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Farmers are urging an Albanese government in the search of better R&D outcomes not to tinker with their 30-year-old model of public-private co-investment in agricultural innovation and instead address...

Tech service giants carve $67m more from aged care systems

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Multinational tech service suppliers for the government’s $1.2 billion aged care digital uplift booked lucrative extensions worth at least $67 million just months out from the planned go live...