Author: Joseph Brookes

The silence on tech policy is setting off alarm bells

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Days out from a federal election and almost nothing has been uttered on tech policy in a month-long campaign, with political leaders overlooking or undercooking transformative issues like artificial...

‘It makes sense’: PM digs in on critical minerals reserve

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has weathered criticism about his plan to buy and stockpile critical minerals and rare earths in a strategic reserve, saying the national interest trumps miners’...

Work begins on national Indigenous knowledge policy

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Australia’s chief scientist will meet with Indigenous experts within weeks to begin work on how the government can help elevate and protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems....

Australians the most pessimistic in the world on AI

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Australians are the most pessimistic people in the world when it comes to artificial intelligence, according to a global study that will raise more questions about the federal government’s...

Health dept sticks with big three multi-cloud

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The federal Health department will continue migrating on-premise systems to Amazon Web Services after striking a new $22 million three-year hosting deal with the US hyperscaler through its opaque...

MGA Thermal takes clean steam leap over valley of death

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Energy storage innovator MGA Thermal has turned its sights to large scale commercial projects after proving up its proprietary technology as a clean steam alternative to gas for industry....