Author: Joseph Brookes

‘Troubling’ investment settings blocking breakthroughs

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The university sector’s peak body will on Wednesday push for new tax breaks for companies that partner with universities on research and development, even if it means reducing the...

Independent MP moves to clean up Robodebt

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Independent Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie on Monday accused the Prime Minister of paying lip service to Robodebt reforms while introducing his own legislation to act on two-year old recommendations....

Australia’s automated compliance tech a global outlier

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An urgent review of the federal government’s automated welfare compliance system shows Australia’s punitive scheme is a global outlier, adding to doubts about the capability and accountability of senior...

Cross-Tasman open access push to unlock research

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Australian and New Zealand universities are teaming up to strike better open access deals with research publishers, in one of the first tests of how an alliance model could...

Chalmers agrees to ‘make AI a national priority’

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Dedicated industry and government plans to harness artificial intelligence will be developed with urgency after the Albanese government and stakeholders agreed to elevate the frontier technology to a “national...

How AI actually works and why it’s trouble for tech giants

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As Australia looks to artificial intelligence to lead a new wave of productivity it’s worth remembering its mathematical limitations and that the frontier vendors will ruthlessly chase their losses....

NSW tightens tap for MVP Ventures grants

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NSW’s popular startup grant program will open next month with much tighter rules, closer ties to the state’s industry policy and a dedicated stream for female-owned, Indigenous and regional...

IGP rolling again with $29m in new grants

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Cutting-edge Australian companies have picked up grants worth almost $29 million from the Albanese government’s key startup program to develop and commercialise products like laser drilling, battery recycling and...