Nearly half of all Australian adults and children experience online harm, but barely any are reporting it to the organisation set up by the government to deal with it,...
Policy
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For most of my time as economist, we have avoided or danced around discussion of industry policy in Australia, adopting a common narrative about not wanting or being able...
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Australia’s competition and consumer regulator has called for sweeping changes to the regulation of digital platforms after warning for years about anti-competitive behaviour and a lack of user protections...
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Police and emergency services will be able to more easily access telecommunications data to triangulate the location of missing persons under legislation being proposed by the federal government. The...
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It has been said that the first casualty of war is truth, and it is not hyperbolic to suggest that in the Russian government, the truth has never faced...
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Australia’s online safety regulator has joined the mounting criticism of Elon Musk and revealed she has written to the Twitter chief to express her concern about the platform’s new...
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The federal government is being urged to restore the priority status given to a handful of tech jobs after it abruptly revoked the priority skilled migration list in a...
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The 2022 Budget includes at least 30 specific measures that involve, in one way or another, investment in science, research, and innovation (SRI). These include initiatives to undertake research...
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A government review has backed Australia’s venture capital tax breaks, finding investment vehicles and concessional treatment have helped $20 billion in capital commitments in the last two decades. But...
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The federal government will release details of its proposed Future Made in Australia Office in the next several weeks, including directions that will be taken on Labor’s Buy Australian...
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Victoria’s Innovation and Digital Economy minister Jaala Pulford has announced plans to leave politics at the upcoming state election next month. In a statement on Wednesday morning, Ms Pulford...
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Federal Labor’s first Budget since returning to government was an odd one for the Industry and Science portfolio, more remarkable for what was left out rather than for new...
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Funding for Australia’s Artificial Intelligence Action Plan was spared from a Labor spending audit that netted the new government $22 billion in savings in Tuesday’s budget. The $113 million...
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The Industry Growth Centres have not been given additional federal funding in the federal budget delivered on Tuesday, despite Labor appearing to back the program in the run up...