Industry and union groups will clash in Canberra on Thursday over the government’s attempt to kickstart green hydrogen and minerals processing industries, in a showdown threatening Treasurer Jim Chalmers’...
Policy
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As innovation assumes centre stage in national economic strategy, the governance of knowledge-intensive ecosystems has emerged as a critical policy challenge. This is particularly the case with Sydney’s Tech...
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The federal government, tech giants and the Australian Computer Society are stepping in to fund a Canberra based tech policy think tank after university funding for its precursor ran...
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The federal government’s peak advisory body on industrial policy, Industry, Innovation and Science Australia, has not provided published advice since 2023. It has no chair and no deputy chair....
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Boston Consulting Group has landed a $90 million contract to deliver a federal government development assistance program that aims to uplift Vietnam’s climate tech and digitalisation capabilities. The Aus4Growth...
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a ministerial shake-up, handing Finance minister Katy Gallagher responsibility for the country’s welfare agencies through Services Australia. Senator Gallagher will take the position...
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The Albanese government has pledged to top up its flagship AgTech program with another $20 million and continue rolling out grants into 2026 in an election pitch to farmers...
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Australia is one of a select few countries exempt from sweeping new controls to limit the export of US-developed advanced computing chips and sharing of closed-weight AI models as...
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has committed an additional $3 billion to “finish” the NBN and improve internet speeds at remaining fibre-to-the node (FTTN) premises should Labor win this year’s...
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The government hasn’t done enough to rein in tech giants, according to independent and minor party senators, who warn that black box algorithms and a lack of enforceable rules...
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Meta’s surprise move to end fact checking shows Australia can’t rely on the US for effective tech regulation, according to experts who are now urging policymakers to step up...
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Australia has started 2025 without a Chief Scientist and without a chair or deputy chair for its primary industry, innovation and science advisory board. Former Australian chief scientist Dr...
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Gather around dear readers, for it is time to deliver our most popular column of the year. Yes, the InnovationAus.com Ultimate Guide to Summer Reading has landed for 2024....
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US Big Tech firms pressured the Albanese government about the findings of its landmark Privacy Act Review last year ahead of Attorney General Mark Dreyfus’s decision to reject one...