Adelaide-based solar panel manufacturer Tindo Solar will receive $34.5 million in federal funding to expand its Mawson Lakes facility, boosting annual production from 20MW to 180MW under the government’s...
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Industry minister Tim Ayres says there are no immediate plans to rework copyright rules to allow tech giants like Google and OpenAI to mine text and data to train...
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The government’s fragmented artificial intelligence efforts like business adoption, regulation and productivity would be unified in a national AI strategy and overseen by Cabinet ministers under a proposal being...
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The government is under mounting pressure to halt its punitive welfare compliance system and the technology automating it after the Commonwealth Ombudsman confirmed unlawful support payment cancellations. Commonwealth Ombudsman...
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Australia’s digital passenger card has landed at the country’s busiest international airport, with passengers on select flights arriving from across the ditch now eligible to trial the technology. In...
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Australia’s internet watchdog has said the world’s biggest social media firms are still “turning a blind eye” to online child sex abuse material on their platforms, and said YouTube...
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AI will add $116 billion to the Australian economy over the next decade by making workers more productive, according to the Productivity Commission, which has urged the government to...
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Australians would lose a planned right to have their data erased by companies and existing privacy laws would be loosened in a bid to revive business productivity that the...
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Amazon has won a major contract with NBN Co to deliver high-speed internet services to parts of rural and regional Australia using its growing network of low-Earth orbit (LEO)...
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The federal government has committed $57.5 million to support the transformation of Nyrstar’s Port Pirie and Hobart smelters into critical minerals facilities as part of a $135 million joint...
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Australia’s consumer watchdog is negotiating with consulting giant EY on another contract to build the tech infrastructure behind the national digital ID system after the consultants failed to deliver...
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The ACT government has abandoned plans for a dedicated space industry hub and will instead rely on the existing Canberra Cyber Hub to deliver two new programs focused on...
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The federal Health department has shifted its data away from a legacy system to sovereign operator Canberra Data Centres in a new $9.6 million long term deal that single...
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Dressed in a white protective suit and face mask, Nicolas Chueh listened intently as a guide introduced a series of silver machines used in manufacturing Taiwan’s cutting-edge semiconductors. The...