Two companies locked in a multi-year stoush over electronic conveyancing will front a Senate inquiry on Tuesday, as federal policymakers mull an intervention into the $800 billion property settlement...
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US tech giant OpenAI’s decision to set up its its first Australian office in Sydney is a “kick in the guts” to Victorian entrepreneurs, state shadow Digital Transformation minister...
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As a generational review of Australia’s research and development system prepares recommendations for wholesale change, the country’s top industry mandarin warns some stakeholders will be left unhappy. Industry department...
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The Robyn Denholm-led Strategic Examination of R&D (SERD) review looks like it will be wrapped-up two months early, which can only be taken as a positive sign of the...
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The head of the Albanese government’s $15 billion industry fund has questioned why Australia’s superannuation funds aren’t willing to lean into a national innovation drive and suggested mandatory contributions...
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Startups and SMEs would be treated differently to large enterprises under changes to the R&D Tax Incentive proposed through the Strategic Examination of Research and Development. Tax breaks would...
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Australia’s central bank is exploring how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence could influence the economy, with possible implications for inflation and the labour market, its governor said on Wednesday....
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Tax breaks for companies undertaking research and development would be simplified and reworked to “encourage scale” under changes being contemplated to jump-start Australia’s R&D system. The panel leading the...
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The NSW government has set up a centralised Office for Artificial Intelligence to provide advice and set robust standards to drive uptake of the technology across the state’s public...
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New Mexico, site of the world’s first atomic bomb tests, plans to invest US$315 million (A$483 million) in a bid to become a leader in another potentially era-defining technology:...
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The New South Wales government has put the legislation behind its Digital Restart Fund under review, after all but exhausting the $2.1 billion in funding set aside for digital...
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Communications minister Anika Wells on Tuesday signalled online safety laws will be changed to restrict access to apps that ‘nudify’ or enable undetectable stalking. Platforms will be forced to...
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Changes to how NSW government agencies must use local suppliers or at least justify why not have hit early hurdles, while other procurement reforms promised more than two years...
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has thrown open his long-awaited Investor Front Door as a pilot program begins to make it easier and faster for investors to get large scale projects...