Tens of billions of dollars in government investment in new industries and manufacturing capability is secure after Labor won the 2025 federal election and returned the Albanese government for...
Policy
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The Australian government’s new $1.2 billion critical minerals stockpile plan appears to be more of a political statement than a transformative industrial policy. While some headlines have framed it...
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Australia should follow other nations in pegging public funding for research to inflation to give researchers and partners more confidence, technology focused universities have told a generation review of...
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A Dutton government would end Labor’s landmark industry programs, curtail net zero efforts and disrupt reforms to the higher education sector, Coalition costings released two days out from the...
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Days out from a federal election and almost nothing has been uttered on tech policy in a month-long campaign, with political leaders overlooking or undercooking transformative issues like artificial...
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has weathered criticism about his plan to buy and stockpile critical minerals and rare earths in a strategic reserve, saying the national interest trumps miners’...
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A long-awaited update to industry rules that direct telecommunications companies on how to communicate with customers during outages has been unveiled by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)....
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The world needs huge quantities of critical minerals to make batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, mobile phones, computers and advanced weaponry. Many of these minerals lie under Australian soil....
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A further slash of Canberra consultants and a hike on student visa fees will pay for Labor’s election promises, Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed Monday in a release of costings...
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Australia will begin stockpiling critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and silicon from 2026 to insulate against geopolitical shocks and build up a fledgling processing industry if Labor is re-elected....
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The nation’s peak industry lobby AiGroup has called for immediate and substantial structural changes to Australia’s R&D system, with a key focus on commercialisation efforts, rather than simply pouring...
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Australia’s innovation struggles are an intergenerational risk akin to the climate crisis, according to software powerhouse TechnologyOne, which on Thursday mapped out a “Team Australia” plan to fix it....
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Alphabet’s Google illegally dominates two markets for online advertising technology, a judge in the US has ruled, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for...
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Christopher Krebs, whom President Donald Trump fired as head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in 2020, has announced he is leaving cybersecurity company SentinelOne following pressure...