Author: Justin Hendry

Defence urged to overhaul definition of sovereign industry

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The head of the Australian Industry and Defence Network has called on Defence to overhaul its definition of sovereignty, which currently allows foreign-owned companies to be classified as Australian...

DTA issues new guidance to boost AI adoption

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal public servants have been given the green light to feed routine operational information into public generative artificial intelligence tools, in a move designed to encourage broader adoption of...

Power-hungry data centres threaten Australia’s energy grid

Posted on   |  by Johanna Lim
The Australian Energy Market Operator estimates data centres will consume 6 per cent of Australia’s grid-supplied electricity by 2030. To put that in context, that’s more than the current...

The National Reconstruction Fund’s real challenge

Posted on   |  by Adrian Beer
The chair of the National Reconstruction Fund has promised to take a “proactive and forward leaning” approach to business development opportunities, in response to ministerial pressure to deploy $1.5...

Tasmania secures funding for critical minerals facility study

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A federal government-backed feasibility study into a critical minerals processing facility in Tasmania will get underway in a bid to boost the state’s downstream processing potential. Tasmania secured a...