The Coalition has knocked back a proposal to investigate the establishment of a Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology which would provide independent advice to policymakers. Labor and the...
Policy
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The federal government has downplayed calls for it to take a larger role in diversifying Australia’s exports, strengthen supply chain resilience, and lead research and industry collaboration, insisting its...
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The federal government has again blocked the release of a report into its Industry Growth Centres after refusing to comply with a Senate order, claiming it is still being...
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Big Tech firms will be required to take “reasonable” steps to address unlawful or harmful content on their encrypted services under the federal government’s draft online safety expectations. Following...
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Andrew Liveris has urged Australian scientists and engineers to form tighter relationships with industry as part of a long overdue revamp of the national economy and approach to innovation....
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The federal government’s reliance on contractors and consultants for key COVID-19 response work is “out of control” and is not building capability for the next major crisis, the public...
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The national security committee has called for a series of changes to the federal government’s plan to hand sweeping new hacking powers to the AFP before it is passed...
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The federal government knocked back a pitch from an Adelaide company to protect digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates from fraud last year, after a senator revealed this week that the...
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Labor is ramping up its efforts to force the release of a secret report on the Industry Growth Centres that the federal government has been sitting on for more...
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The federal government has finally unveiled draft legislation to implement reforms to the Employee Share Scheme which it first announced four years ago, along with a further commitment contained...
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The federal government will pay American multinational Boston Consulting Group $125,000 a week to produce reports on Australia’s supply chain resilience around semiconductors and telecommunications equipment over the next...
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Like the villain in a bad horror movie, COVIDSafe refuses to die. It has been a staggering fall from grace for the contact tracing app, heralded as the “ticket”...
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Western Australia’s new services and ICT minister Don Punch has vowed to keep citizens at the centre of the state’s rapidly transforming services program and to work more constructively...
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The federal government will release draft legislation within weeks to further crackdown on social media firms, with a focus on improving transparency around the handling of user data. Representatives...