The NSW Opposition has called on the Minns government to put the state’s digital infrastructure at the heart of its productivity drive with better planning policies or a formal...
Policy
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The Liberal and National parties put aside their differences on energy and competition policy this week to rekindle a union that has existed, in one form or another, for...
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China’s recent export restrictions on key critical minerals — an apparent response to renewed US tariffs under President Trump — are reminding the world of Beijing’s dominant grip on...
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An internal debate between the board and investment arm of the National Reconstruction Fund has emerged over the direction of the federal government’s landmark $15 billion investment vehicle. Ahead...
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NSW Liberal powerbroker Alex Hawke has been named shadow industry and innovation minister, while former Salesforce executive and presumptive new MP Gisele Kapterian has been handed the opposition reins...
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A bill that requires Apple and Alphabet’s Google to verify the age of users of their app stores could become law this week in Texas, putting the second-most-populous state...
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Services Australia has unveiled its first automation and artificial intelligence strategy, which it says will give it a two-year ethical footing and pathway to trust in the technologies. The...
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Large production tax credits, grants for capital works and public investment in shared infrastructure would kickstart a $400 billion green iron export industry in Australia, according to new research...
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More than $36 million in federal innovation grants were quietly rolled out to startups and scaleups earlier this year with almost no fanfare, right on the eve of the...
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‘Innovation’ pervades Australian policy discourse. It is hailed as the remedy for declining productivity, economic stagnation, and social challenges, appearing in political speeches, business strategies, and university mission statements....
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Just a week after his appointment as the new Minister for Industry and Innovation, Tim Ayres took to the stage this week to set out his agenda – and...
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A scathing Auditor General’s report into maximising Australian industry participation in Defence procurement contracts has drawn mixed reaction from local industry, which called for changes to the way Defence...
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The urban policy think tank Committee for Sydney says a lack of alignment between national and state priorities and funding streams is diluting Australia’s capacity to leverage research and...
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Atlassian co-founder and chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes has warned that regulating artificial intelligence “at such an early stage… seems crazy” and for governments to focus instead on the downstream...