Change must start at the top, with upskilling of Australian executives and leaders. As consumers, Australians are world-leading in adopting new technologies. But our businesses, and their corporate boards,...
Policy
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| by Professor Thomas Hajdu
The rapid advancement of generative AI is challenging long-held notions of expertise and mastery. The traditional belief, epitomised by Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000-hour rule” – that expertise demands extensive practice...
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| by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government will make all of its digital services accessible and inclusive by 2030 as part of a new strategy that also places a focus on...
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| by Alexei Domorev
In any organisation, time series forecasting remains a fundamental problem that has a tremendous impact on a vast range of activities covering anything from resource planning to budgeting. Time...
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| by Joseph Brookes
Services Australia is quietly reviewing legislative obstacles that have stymied the delivery of connected government services across different jurisdictions, as part of an internal project that also keeps alive...
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| by David McKeague
Australia has had a competitively thinning economy over the last 30 years. Australian corporates have reduced inhouse research and development – Telstra Research, Comalco Research, Wormald Research are just...
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The South Australian government will launch a new innovation challenge program to drive industry and research collaboration under a new plan for its innovation precincts. Focused on “the most...
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| by Professor Stephen Bartlett
The National Quantum Strategy contains a truly audacious claim: that Australia will build the world’s first error-corrected quantum computer. Is this possible? Australia doesn’t even manufacture conventional computers. Can...
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Grants of up to $25 million for capital works in South East Queensland are now on offer under a push to grow the innovation ecosystem in and around Brisbane....
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| by Sandy Plunkett
Australia is a highly educated, ethnically diverse and resource-rich country with 159 billionaires; $3.4 trillion in superannuation savings; a $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia policy; a $272 billion...
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| by Dr Nadia Court
Any casual conversation about Australian invention usually starts with the humble Hills Hoist – a simple mechanical system known for its practicality and durability. The conversation often progresses to...
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The federal opposition will vote against an Albanese government plan to curb misinformation through an empowered regulator, despite pledging a similar scheme when it was in government. It sets...
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When one thousand self-confessed map, data and tech nerds from 90 countries gathered in the Dutch city of Rotterdam in mid-May, it really drove home to me the advanced...
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Our self-regulated bureaucracy is held to far lower standards than the private sector and society it governs. In Aldous Huxley’s dystopian classic Brave New World, Resident World Controller Mustapha...