The announcement by French President Emmanuel Macron this week that France will make major investments of $180 billion to support AI adoption across its economy and Europe marked a...
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Healthcare providers will be forced to upload key health information to My Health Record by default after laws designed to improve the utility of the national digital health platform...
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Banks, telcos and online platforms like Google and Facebook will be subject to new rules and $50 million penalties after federal Parliament passed world-first anti-scam laws on Thursday. But...
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New laws forcing agencies to cooperate with the Commonwealth Ombudsman and surrender documents have passed parliament, in the latest part of the government’s response to the Robodebt royal commission....
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Australia will need to invest another $25 billion each year to catch up to the OECD average on investment in research and development or another $32 billion to achieve...
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The Prime Minister’s special envoy for cybersecurity and digital resilience Andrew Charlton says the path to prosperity lies in digitising the national economy, and that Australia’s “meal ticket” will...
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Billions of dollars in tax credits for green hydrogen production and critical minerals processing will flow from 2027 after the centrepiece of the Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia...
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The national auditor has cleared a multi-million dollar blowout on legal advice for the federal government’s investment in Californian quantum startup PsiQuantum, concluding that the key due diligence contract...
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Australia’s $2 billion Top Secret cloud is sorely needed by defence and intelligence agencies that have fallen years behind the private sector, allies and some adversaries. But the government’s...
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South Australians will face jail terms of up to two years for sharing violent or illegal acts on social media under laws introduced to state parliament on Thursday to...
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Social media platforms and service providers like Meta and Google would need a licence to operate in Australia and be forced to fund an independent regulator under a radical...
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Science and Technology Australia has called on government to establish a $2.5 billion Sovereign Capability Moonshot Program that would support research, translation and industrial transformation in areas identified as...
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The regulation of global technologies has emerged over the past decade as a key social and economic challenge for governments around the world. The challenges are obvious and daunting....
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Australia’s online safety laws have fallen well behind leading global efforts and key parts of the legislation are no longer fit for purpose, an expedited review has found, heaping...