A new ruling allowing the tax office to assess the eligibility of activities under the research and development tax incentive (RDTI) has “muddied the waters” of the scheme and...
Policy
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The Albanese government is under fire for a slow down on reforms for ‘life event’ services after revelations it had not funded a proposal to reinvigorate the mammoth project...
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What are we to make of the increasing volume and intensity of competing ‘facts’ about Australia’s green energy transition, how to achieve it and at what cost? I mean,...
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The national audit office has ruled out using artificial intelligence for consequential decisions and won’t deploy generative tools at all until a thorough risk assessment has been completed, as...
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The federal government’s ambassador for gender equity in STEM is being wound up, with existing functions to be slotted into other programs. The Pathway to Diversity in STEM review,...
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To paraphrase a line from British politician George Galloway, when it comes to building Australian capability in the information technology sector, the Coalition and Labor are two cheeks of...
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The Minns government will consider further moves to reduce the state’s reliance on consultants in next month’s Budget after analysis found they were being engaged at a rate of...
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The Australian innovators and experts in command of new $5 million startup grants have been revealed as the Albanese government’s commercialisation program gets underway. The seven experts have decades...
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The federal Budget’s announcement of $22.7 billion for A Future Made in Australia, still leaves us with a valley of death funding gap for first-of-a-kind (FOAK) manufacturing facilities, particularly...
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The New South Wales government will create a separate digital inclusion strategy to complement the state’s forthcoming digital strategy, with work now underway on a framework to help bridge...
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New South Wales-based quantum companies will be overlooked for funding or drawn to other jurisdictions without additional support for the state’s innovation districts, according to the Committee for Sydney....
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Deepfakes present a growing threat to the integrity of Australia’s electoral system, according to the head of the electoral commission, who has warned that the agency is not equipped...
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The small business ombudsman has lashed an “underwhelming” government response to its procurement inquiry recommendations, after its calls for sweeping changes were quietly batted away. Earlier this month, the...
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For all the pre-budget Future Made in Australia hype; all the predictions that federal Labor would deliver a bold state-led ‘mission economy’ reindustrialisation agenda of the type evangelised by...