Australia celebrated the 70th anniversary of the opening of the nation’s first nuclear research reactor in April, a milestone that was largely unremarked on in mainstream conversations, despite the...
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Anyone interested in public policy, including innovation and technology policy, must be interested in what we can call ‘the PwC scandal’. And there are three aspects to the scandal...
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Local fintechs have welcomed proposed reforms to Australia’s payments “outdated” system, but say swift action is needed to fix regulations that are up to a decade behind those in global...
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PwC is being paid up to $8 million to help the Australian and Indian governments choose which critical minerals projects they invest in as part of a bilateral move...
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Readers of InnovationAus.com will have noticed in recent days the addition of a requirement to login to the website in order to access premium articles. This is a first...
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The Queensland government is creating a new $150 million fund for venture capital firms in a bid to revive innovation funding in the state after its share of national...
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The Albanese government remains tight lipped on the target rate of return for its $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund, despite an interim figure surfacing ahead of the introduction of...
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No explicit modelling on the inflationary impact of the National Reconstruction Fund has been undertaken because it is “self-evident” that the fund will not add to inflation, according to...
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A parliamentary inquiry will scrutinise the heavy reliance on consultants by the New South Wales government in the wake of the PwC tax leaks scandal engulfing the Commonwealth. The...
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Industry and science minister Ed Husic is moving at pace to modernise Australia’s legal frameworks on artificial intelligence and says Australia can build a regulatory model that could be...
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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has rejected two of the eight online safety codes developed by local tech industry associations for failing to provide “appropriate community safeguards” and...
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As if the discussion had not already started across Australia, the Albanese government has released two discussion papers on artificial intelligence to inform a framework to ensure “appropriate safeguards”...
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Consultants and advisers that breach government trust in New South Wales face multi-million dollar fines and shadow bans under changes being developed by the Minns government. Other state and...
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The Australian Federal Police may expand the remit of an investigation of global consulting giant PwC over the firm’s use of confidential Treasury information to market tax minimisation schemes...