Judging is underway across 11 categories for the InnovationAus Awards for Excellence 2022, with finalists to be announced in September. Competition for the top prizes will be fierce, with...
Policy
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Large digital service providers will face a raft of new obligations after the European Parliament adopted two bills that seek to enhance online safety and combat unfair business practices....
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Ahead of her attendance at the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Bali, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Wednesday that the Singapore-Australia Green Economy Agreement currently being negotiated would...
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Australia’s tech and innovation leadership from across from industry, research and government will present policy papers in front of peers and policymakers at a special forum at the National...
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The launch of the federal government’s controversial Workforce Australia service and points-based activation system has been plagued by tech issues, with outages, poor services and “alarming” terms and conditions....
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Eastern Sydney Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton will quit state politics at the next election. Ms Upton led the taskforce responsible for government’s current focus on research and development in...
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Australia’s industrial policy must be overhauled to limit emissions and take full advantage of the decarbonising global economy, according to the Grattan Institute, which warns the current approach lacks...
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The Commonwealth Procurement Rules have been changed to give small and medium sized businesses a bigger slice of the $70 billion the federal government spends annually on contracts and...
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Recipients of federal government export grants were mistakenly told by the government they would not receive any second tranche payment before later being informed that they would get a...
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The Tech Policy Design Centre at the Australian National University has unveiled a beta version of its online policy design kit, which aims to improve the quality of interactions...
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Thai delegates have promised Australian investors a “totally different” Thailand within three years as the government looks to attract foreign capital to its reshaping economy, which is being built...
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The Good Guys will “pause” its use of facial recognition technology following an investigation and subsequent complaint to the privacy regulator by a consumer group. But Bunnings and Kmart...
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Investors managing more than $506 billion in assets will push tech giant Microsoft to provide greater transparency of its tax practices around the world, including in Australia. Pensions &...
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Digital transparency, the examination of algorithms and their impact, and increased collaboration between agencies have been identified as 2022-23 priorities for the Digital Platform Regulators Forum, a collective of...