A Dutton government would repeal the key part of the Future Made in Australia plan, lift a ban on nuclear energy and add social media platforms to a controversial...
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AI leaders and groups representing the wider tech sector have reacted with dismay at the absence of new funding for artificial intelligence from the Albanese government at a time...
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The Opposition will try and block an Albanese government plan to provide almost $14 billion in tax credits to Australia’s green hydrogen and critical minerals industries because taxpayers should...
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The Future Made in Australia agenda includes $22.7 billion in tax incentives and innovation investments, with the Albanese government on Tuesday confirming it will break with decades of economic...
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PsiQuantum has been loaned at least $200 million by the Albanese government to stage its attempts to build the world’s first commercial quantum computer in Brisbane, Budget documents reveal....
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More than $20 billion in federal government support will be made available for renewable hydrogen, critical minerals and clean energy technologies in a future-making Budget that also sets up...
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Federal funding for artificial intelligence was reshaped in the Albanese government’s third Budget with an additional $40 million, but there is little direct industry investment as quantum and clean...
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One of the certainties about politics is that the government should ‘control the narrative’. After all, it is the government that can make decisions of consequence; it can legislate,...
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The Albanese government’s investment in artificial intelligence on Tuesday will be the benchmark for how seriously it supports the local tech sector, according to industry groups frustrated by the...
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Australia’s almost $1 billion bet on a single quantum company is out of step with the yardstick set by other leading quantum nations, according to two local quantum startups,...
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Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers is just days away from presenting his third Budget, one he says will prioritise cost of living relief and “future-making” in a net zero world....
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The Albanese government will establish a new joint committee to examine growing issues with social media like online scams, illicit content, black box algorithms and Meta’s decision to “abandon”...
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A $200 million critical minerals shared processing facility will be bankrolled by the Western Australian and federal governments in an effort to move Australian operations further across a growing...
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Australia’s ICT innovation is suffering from a lack of dedicated government support, procurement opportunities and local advocacy, according to the sector’s pioneers, who warn some barriers have remained over...