We’ve seen action by global leaders to make supply chains more resilient and secure technologies critical to national interests, such as US banning high end chip fabrication technology exports...
Policy
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
Industry minister Ed Husic says he doesn’t need departmental briefings to know his $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund will make Australia more secure, arguing it is “common sense” to...
Posted on
| by Justin Hendry
Draft online safety codes rejected by the eSafety Commissioner earlier this month have been publicly released by Australia’s tech sector after concerns over the lack of transparency in the...
Posted on
| by Justin Hendry
Australia’s forthcoming quantum strategy will help set the country up to reach its ambition of being a “big player, not a bit player”, building on strong existing foundations to...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s big banks are warning the Albanese government’s $15 billion industrialisation fund could “crowd out” private capital despite the green bank it is modelled on having spurred co-investments for...
Posted on
| by James Riley
Without urgent investment in building a sovereign capability in locally developed artificial intelligence tools, Australia risks ceding control of its strategic systems and technology to foreign Interests, a group...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
Australia can play a major role across emerging global quantum supply chains and must not resign itself to being a niche player, Q-CTRL founder Professor Michael Biercuk says, urging...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
After pouring $1 billion into decades of quantum research, the federal government is about to unveil a national plan for the critical technology. Ahead of its release, the person...
Posted on
| by Professor Johanna Weaver
If the Albanese government is serious about shaping a better future for Australia, it must prioritise coordination when developing its tech-related nation-building policy initiatives. Historians could look back at...
Posted on
| by Justin Hendry
Twitter’s decision to axe all its Australian staff is “frustrating” the efforts of the online safety regulator to prevent child exploitation material, leading to calls for tech giants to...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
Industry minister Ed Husic won’t publicly rule anything in or out of his negotiations with the Greens and crossbench, whose support he needs to pass the National Reconstruction Fund...
Posted on
| by Brandon How
NSW Labor will create a $1 billion state-owned Energy Security Corporation modelled on the federal Clean Energy Finance Corporation if it is elected next month. Announced on Sunday, the...
Posted on
| by Brandon How
Australia’s peak research bodies are ramping up pressure on the federal government to deliver on its commitment to push R&D expenditure towards three per cent of GDP. Calls for greater...
Posted on
| by James Riley
Achieving the objectives of federal industrial policy is fundamental to the government also achieving its emissions reduction and lower-cost energy commitments, the assistant minister for manufacturing Tim Ayres says....