The Productivity Commission has called for policy ideas to boost productivity through data and digital technologies â as well as by investing in the net-zero transformation â to inform...
Policy
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The Sydney Startup Hub home to popular accelerators and dozens of budding companies will be shifted out of the CBD to the Tech Central precinct next year to get...
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Facebook, Google and TikTok parent companies will be charged penalties if they fail to strike new commercial agreements with news publishers under a scheme announced by the Albanese government...
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Key analysis of the impact of sweeping changes to privacy law wonât be released by the government, which has invoked a blanket protection to keep it hidden as the...
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Victoria will deliver a $20 million boost to five priority sectors, including advanced manufacturing and health technologies, through a new industry development fund. The fund, which will provide matched...
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Renewables continue to be the cheapest new-build electricity-generating technology, while nuclear power is around twice as expensive and has âno unique cost advantagesâ from its long operational life, despite...
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Top legal minds and disability and Indigenous advocates have been appointed to a reinstated administrative decisions watchdog to bolster oversight and tackle systemic issues. The experts arrive as part...
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When federal parliament passed legislation last week which will ban under 16s from social media, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese celebrated. Posting on X, he said: âWeâre doing everything we...
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Research institutions and industry groups are lining up to assist a landmark review of the national R&D system, but are also urging the government not to delay immediate action...
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The Industry department has quietly published a response to a parliamentary inquiry into advanced manufacturing, dismissing a recommendation that government appoint a national commissioner to oversee policy and program...
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A generational review of Australiaâs ailing research and development system will be led by Tesla chair Robyn Denholm, who will develop options to close a multi-billion dollar gap with...
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The NSW governmentâs devolved procurement framework will be reshaped into a hub and spoke model next year as part of Minister Courtney Houssosâs sweeping changes to how the state...
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On its final sitting day of the year, the Senate passed 31 bills after the Albanese government struck deals around the chamber. The flurry of legislation includes key changes...
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The Albanese governmentâs signature industry policy passed the Parliament on a chaotic final sitting day of the year, setting up a new era of public funding for transformative industries...