After slashing funding in Tuesday’s Budget, the Minns government has promised a new ‘innovation blueprint’ to spur startups, emerging technologies and sectors like advanced manufacturing and energy. Announced on...
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Building trust and adoption of artificial intelligence in Australia would be the focus of the Albanese government’s upcoming regulatory framework, with Industry minister Ed Husic still weighing a risk-based...
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Australia’s quest for national prosperity and high standards of living and wellbeing revolves around whether Australia can be a maker or a taker of industrial policy. That is, a...
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Artificial intelligence is a “different kind” of technology challenge for government, according to assistant minister for competition Dr Andrew Leigh, who will lead a new competition reform push that...
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A review of the federal government’s almost 30-year-old competitive neutrality policy is being urged by the Productivity Commission amid recent moves by the Commonwealth to acquire or stand up...
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A new advisory firm set up by former NSW digital minister Victor Dominello will be subject to a set of conditions imposed by the NSW Parliament, initially preventing it...
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Google and other search engines will face new obligations in Australia to prevent AI functionality on their platforms from being used to generate “synthetic” child abuse material under a...
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The federal government must share more information about its ban on Chinese technology to help build a more resilient economy and society, according to the threat intelligence lead at...
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Grattan Institute chief executive Danielle Wood will lead the Productivity Commission after the federal government’s first pick Chris Barrett turned down the appointment, instead taking up the role of...
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At least 16 organisations are seeking compensation from the Commonwealth because of a heavily flawed and unfair tender process for the former government’s flagship industry innovation program. The claims...
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A bill improving the technology neutrality of Australia’s corporate law, including allowing electronic signatures and virtual meetings, has passed both houses of Parliament with bipartisan support. But the government...
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A Senate committee has rejected legislation that would regulate cryptocurrency exchanges in Australia due to concerns over the operation of the reforms, despite supporting the consumer protections that such...
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The government’s Diversity in STEM Review is striving not just for gender equity but for a re-think of what STEM means by integrating First Nations thinking with the institutionalised...
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A bottom-up approach to AI ethics should be adopted across the Australian government, according to an expert adviser to the Biden Administration, who says public servants must be empowered...