Author: Joseph Brookes

Govt moves ahead with digital duty of care

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Big Tech platforms will be legally required to manage harms to users before they occur under a new digital duty of care that moved to public consultation on Friday,...

Govt’s platform tax is back to drive news deals

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The Albanese government has revived its plan to force Meta back into deals with news publishers with a backstop tax of more than $100 million a year. A year...

Canberra’s next cloud policy is locked and loaded

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A whole of government cloud policy will be published within weeks with “clear requirements for cloud use” across federal agencies as part of the Albanese government’s push to lift...

Sweeping AI plan to send tech across bureaucracy

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All of Australia’s almost 200,000 Commonwealth public servants will be required to complete AI training and offered ChatGPT like tools to improve service delivery and policy development. The sweeping...

Deep tech incubator’s $8 billion innovation dividend

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Policy makers got a 400x return on their investment in Cicada Innovations 25 years ago, according to analysis of the incubator’s economic impact commissioned for its quarter century anniversary on...

The US CleanTechs eyeing a Future Made in Australia

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US clean technology firms developing batteries, smart grids, green hydrogen and iron will meet with Albanese government ministers tomorrow in Sydney then tour industrial facilities to help decide on...