The rollout of a technology used by emergency services to more accurately pinpoint where people are when they call Triple Zero from a smartphone has finally been completed in...
Policy
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There is finally some stability around the research and development tax incentive, with long-mooted reforms implemented and audits becoming more balanced, according to an expert advisor on the scheme....
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The federal government has shut down its Performance Dashboard, used to improve digital services and provide transparency to the public, as part of a significant restructuring of its digital...
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Jelix Ventures founder and chief executive Andrea Gardiner says the biggest challenge for pre-revenue and early-revenue startups in Australia remains the difficulty in securing funding, despite the huge volumes...
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South Australian space company Southern Launch will send a Taiwanese rocket into sub-orbit after receiving the first local permit for commercial rocket activities from the federal government. Taiwanese private...
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Australia’s current Employee Share Scheme is “complicated and restrictive” and the recently proposed reforms need to go much further to make it world-leading, a government-led committee has found. The...
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The national audit office will put a spotlight on Australia’s troubled vaccine rollout, with an inquiry to report back early next year. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has...
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The federal government has folded two rounds of a $20 million 5G innovation program into one, announcing all 19 grant recipients on Sunday after what it said was high...
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Competition tsar Rod Sims says the regulator is considering strengthening its “toolkit” to go after tech giants, flagging new regulatory frameworks and merger law to keep up with the...
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The federal government has formally responded to a damning review of the National Archives it received more than 18 months ago, promising to help establish a larger role for...
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The federal government has tightened sovereignty requirements for data hosting vendors and service providers due to security and supply chain concerns.
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Online retailers offer no genuine competition on privacy to Australian consumers, allowing them to conduct “pervasive” and “unnecessary” data collection, a leading privacy expert has told the competition and...
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There is a “unique opportunity” in Australia to build an effective patent box scheme but the federal government needs to go much further than its current plan to make...
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Australia’s chief scientist and university vice-chancellors have urged caution in the latest COVID-19-driven push by governments to commercialise research, warning it must not come at the expense of fundamental...