The Albanese government has landed on a definition of Australian business to reform a $75 billion procurement system that local suppliers warn is being gamed by foreign tech giants....
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Australians will have access to mobile phone calling and SMS services almost anywhere in Australia by 2027 under an Albanese government election pledge to leverage Starlink and other low...
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US President Donald Trump has given the clearest signal yet that his government will levy tariffs on nations that unfairly discriminate against US companies or inhibit their growth through...
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Foreign technology firms will dominate the federal government’s trial of age assurance technologies, bringing with them dozens of cutting-edge solutions like hand and face scanning, and in many cases...
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The federal government has dragged its heels on developing regulatory frameworks for AI and has not been transparent with the business community about its intentions, newly-appointed shadow minister for...
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The NSW government has been ordered to release documents related to its overhaul of innovation policy, as a lengthy wait for a new state plan and cutbacks to grant...
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The government has delivered only one of seven promised plans for developing priority areas of the economy, despite launching the first almost a year ago and billing the plans...
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Controversial laws allowing police to modify or delete the data in the online accounts of criminals should be axed, according to lawyers, who argue the measures give authorities powers...
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Australia’s top science body is ramping up pressure on the federal government to commit to a multi-billion dollar, decade-long overhaul of the country’s “oversubscribed” and near end-of-life supercomputers. The...
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Large government technology projects should be broken up into smaller bundles of work and delivered in an agile way with sustainment and upgrade funding factored in from the start,...
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The Greens have lashed a slow down on Australia’s plan to start charging online platforms that refuse to pay for news content, following a report the government is going...
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Adjunct Professor and scale up specialist Peter Rossdeutscher has been appointed the federal government’s top innovation adviser after decades working across the quantum, mining, robotics, and startup sectors. The...
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Scientists and engineers are calling on the Albanese government to develop new long-term policy to close Australia’s $32 billion research and development gap, warning the innovation system is at...
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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...