The UK government has announced it will invest billions into digital technologies, startups and R&D. The Spring budget includes commitments of £2.5 billion (AUD$4.55 billion) for quantum technologies alone...
Policy
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Digital and CleanTech will be key to halting Australia’s relative productivity decline, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers, who has again called for the Productivity Commission to be reformed. Speaking...
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In the coming weeks, InnovationAus.com will introduce a subscription model to our technology and innovation policy news service as a sensible first step toward introducing a pay wall to...
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A Senate showdown looms for Industry Minister Ed Husic’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund. He’ll meet with Senate crossbenchers next week after the key bill passed the lower house...
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As hundreds of startups and investors gather in South Australia, deputy premier Susan Close says an innovation push will drive higher wages and a more complex economy for the...
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Australia’s competition watchdog will examine the growing “web of interconnected products and services” offered by Big Tech giants Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft in its latest digital platforms probe....
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Australians need privacy and procedural fairness rights enshrined in federal law to protect against authorities’ increasing use of technology that invades privacy and automates decision making, the Australian Human...
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Technology Council of Australia chief executive Kate Pounder says there are long-term structural issues keeping the number of women in technical roles in the sector frustratingly low and outside...
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A parliamentary technological assessment office to enhance and coordinate Australian tech policy should be established, according to digital economy observer and Liberal backbencher Aaron Violi. In an interview with...
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The Australian Information Industry Association has called on the next New South Wales government to allocate $1.6 billion through a rebranded Digital Restart Fund over four years to “cement”...
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The multi-stage consultation process on the federal government’s Pathway to Diversity in STEM Review has begun, with panel chair Sally-Ann Williams imploring industry and society to join in the...
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Sydney defence consultancy Adroita will use state government tax breaks to develop a “defence-digital engineering” capability and double its staff as New South Wales seeks to grow its defence...
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The Australian government is threatening Twitter with increased regulation if it does not hire more local staff to address online safety, after the company axed its local team and...
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We’ve seen action by global leaders to make supply chains more resilient and secure technologies critical to national interests, such as US banning high end chip fabrication technology exports...