Changes to export controls on defence products and services are a disaster for local deep-tech companies making dual-use products that have applications in both the defence and civilian commercial...
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Laws allowing the federal government to legally operate its document and face matching systems are facing an uphill battle in the Senate, with the Greens and the Coalition backing...
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Automated decision-making will come under greater scrutiny in the wake of Robodebt, with the federal government pledging to new oversight arrangements for automation in service delivery while it contemplates...
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The Albanese government has pushed back controversial legislation to bring more oversight and enforcement against online information until next year to better define terms and add a carve out...
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The Australian government will reduce barriers to technology transfer and costs of trade with AUKUS allies but will criminalise the sharing of certain sensitive technology with non-US or UK...
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The Albanese government will introduce a mandatory ransomware reporting scheme for businesses as part of its update to the national cybersecurity strategy, ruling out an outright ban on the...
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The AI revolution arrived later than I expected but has had a more immediate impact than I had imagined too. I remember the moment I realised just how transformative...
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The Albanese government has quietly approached a small number of local and foreign quantum computing firms for information about their offerings as part of an accelerated plan to acquire...
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A company being paid $31 million to deliver commercialisation advice on behalf of the government used inside advice to land the job and then helped a family member’s company...
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The federal Opposition has criticised Labor for failing to keep Tritium’s Brisbane factory from shuttering, leaving 400 local jobs on the chopping block as the electric vehicle charging manufacturer...
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“We have the capacity for frugal innovation,” says Nyambura Kamau in putting a spotlight on Kenya’s drive to bootstrap space-sector solutions for real-world problems. This move reshapes the landscape...
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Australia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk will not seek a third term in the role, choosing to draw to a close what will be a six-year tenure in...
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has issued the Productivity Commission its first ever statement of expectations, requiring the 25-year-old institution to take a “broader perspective” on policy by factoring in emerging...
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Australia is in an ever evolving and challenging strategic environment made increasingly uncertain by rapid technological development. This has been clearly spelt-out in the Defence Strategic Review published earlier...