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Plan to address cyber risk of changing energy grid

Australian energy ministers will develop nationally consistent standards and a new regulatory framework for household solar and vehicle-to-grid technologies to help manage the risks, including cybersecurity, of a quickly...

$9m in Moon to Mars funding for local space firms

More than $9 million in funding has been awarded to 12 Australian space firms as part of the latest rounds of the federal government’s Moon to Mars Supply Chain...

Meta abandons Australian news publishers

Facebook owner Meta will not renew its deals with Australian news publishers, cutting off hundreds of millions of dollars from the industry and daring the government to enforce its...

eSafety proposal faces pushback over encryption risk

Tech giants and privacy groups have rallied against a proposal to force companies to scan cloud and messaging services for illegal and harmful content in Australia, arguing for changes...

Scientists demand research protection in defence trade controls

A former chief scientist will argue in Parliament against rushing an AUKUS fuelled plan that restricts Australian researchers from working with non-US or UK counterparts, warning more scientific collaboration...

Govt focuses defence industry plan by halving priorities

A new Defence Industry Development Strategy has halved the number of sovereign capability priorities to seven and simplified grants in a bid to create a more streamlined approach to...

Senate showdown looms for Digital ID bill

A government-led committee has cleared legislation that would enable Australia’s economy-wide digital identity system, but a speedy passage looks less certain after the Coalition and Greens indicated they will...

Govt to include unions on new Defence Industry Council

The federal government will establish a new ‘tripartite’ Defence Industry Council made up of representatives from government, industry and the unions to oversee the development of a sovereign defence...

Warning space treaty cedes Australian sovereignty

Australia’s space treaty with the United States will prevent the federal government from using revenue collected from US launches to fund the development of local rocket technology, leading to...

AirTrunk overtakes NextDC as biggest data centre emitter

Airtrunk has marginally overtaken NextDC as the data centre provider with the largest greenhouse gases emissions in Australia, as total emissions from the sector hit record levels. On Wednesday,...

Inflation Reduction Act copy a ‘road to ruin’ for Australia

Experts have urged the Albanese government to not mimic the United States’ $600 billion “protectionist” Inflation Reduction Act and instead focus on industry support that will allow Australia to...