Author: Joseph Brookes

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‘Nobbled’ DTA languishing under Finance

Opposition services minister Paul Fletcher says the Digital Transformation Agency’s role has been diminished as part of a backwards step on government technology and digital services that will need...

Australian news sites open to AI crawlers

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Most of the world’s biggest online publishers are not blocking bots from crawling their content to train generative AI, with some notable exceptions including the ABC and Australia’s regional...

CSIRO gets its high heat hydrogen tech out of the lab

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The CSIRO has spun out a new company to prove and commercialise its way of producing hydrogen with 30 per cent less electricity. The technology is aimed at helping...

Aussie biotech to trial needle-free typhoid vaccinations

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A Brisbane biotech that makes needle free vaccine delivery patches has been tapped by a global charity to help fight typhoid, the life-threatening disease that infects millions of people...

Tech and clean energy to combat productivity slump

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Clean energy, data and digital technologies will be key parts of the Albanese government’s response to an intergenerational report forecasting continued challenges to productivity and Australian innovation. Treasurer Jim...

Competition probe to tackle monopolies, tech issues

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Australia’s competition policy is going under the microscope at Treasury with the support of an outside taskforce, after warnings ineffective merger laws and digital platforms are dragging on productivity....

Amazon Australia struggles to back boss’s AI claim

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Amazon’s local policy leaders could not name a single use of generative AI by the company in Australia or what datasets it would be trained on, despite its global...

Education minister scraps research grant vetoes

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Federal education ministers will be unable to veto research grants for reasons outside national security under a landmark change announced by Education minister Jason Clare on Tuesday. Mr Clare...

Govt opens consultation on capitalising on RNA capability

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The federal government is considering further support for parts of the RNA sector after helping establish the southern hemisphere’s first commercial mRNA manufacturing capability in Melbourne. The Industry department...