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...
Policy
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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...
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The Albanese government is facing calls to rethink its social media ban for under-16s after the final report from an independent age assurance trial revealed shortcomings with all of...
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Innovation districts, precincts and hubs worldwide have become powerful engines for economic transformation, often turning underutilised urban areas into thriving hubs of research, entrepreneurship and growth. Some districts grow...
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Controversial hacking powers handed to authorities in 2021 have never had an effective main safeguard, a statutory review has determined, after finding dozens of warrants are being handed out...
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France and Germany have defended Europe’s right to adopt its own legislation on technology after US President Donald Trump criticised European rules on digital services, saying any US coercion...
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Liberal and Nationals senators have sided with the Greens to set up a parliamentary probe into the federal government’s social media ban for under-16s and search engine age verification....
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The government has been ordered to hand over documents about how its $15 billion industry fund is tracking the impact of its investments after concerns about a lack of...
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The first issues paper from the Strategic Examination of R&D review has been published, bringing with it a Back to the Future vibe with its heavy emphasis on ‘mission’-led...
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A root and branch review of Australia’s R&D system has proposed channelling it into a handful of “focus areas” with multi-decade horizons like energy and health, while backing it...
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The head of the university sector’s peak body on Wednesday urged the government to follow other nations in strategically supporting place-based innovation to physically connect research institutions with industry....
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Artificial intelligence is being sold as a cure for Australia’s sluggish productivity growth, but a new report from think tank Per Capita argues the case is built more on...