All state-owned coal-fired power stations in Western Australia will close by 2030 as the state government launches a new green industry transition fund and commits the state-owned energy company...
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Sydney’s Tech Central will add a secure collaborative research and innovation facility known as the “Vault” for cybersecurity and Defence projects, while one of the innovation precinct’s residents is...
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Despite the class action over the robodebt scandal settling last year, there are automated decisions still being made every day regarding government services that are impacting the most vulnerable...
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The Global Business and Talent Attraction Taskforce was born in the dark days of COVID-19 and had four jobs. The first was to harvest the world for its brightest...
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The upcoming New South Wales budget will contain the state’s largest ever investment in renewable energy, with $1.2 billion to fast-track renewable energy zones, state Treasurer Matt Kean announced...
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Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has flagged the Coalition will mount a challenge to Labor’s plan to pump billions into the technology and manufacturing sectors and in rebuilding the energy...
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The new Labor government will mull reforms to Australia’s venture capital tax concessions based on a report the Coalition sat on for six months before the election. Treasury and...
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The Victorian government is still in discussions on the creation of a digital driver’s licence in the state despite this service being available in other jurisdictions for several years....
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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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Video games are increasingly incorporating blockchains, the decentralised databases that underpin cryptocurrencies, as well as NFTs and other “digital assets”. New games are emerging expressly to support blockchain technology,...
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Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley has been named as the shadow minister for Industry, Skills, Training in Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s shadow ministry announced on Sunday. Ms Ley will...
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On Thursday, South Australian Treasurer Stephen Mullighan delivered his first state budget making good on millions of dollars of promises to the hydrogen industry while cutting funding to the...
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The restructuring of the Home Affairs Department by the new Labor government and the ongoing review of surveillance powers offers an opportunity to “undo” many of the privacy-invasive digital-focused...
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Silicon Quantum Computing chief executive and 2022 Bakerian Medal winner Michelle Simmons says incoming industry minister Ed Husic’s focus on research translation and building Australian-designed and engineered technology here...