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PM: Australia must become ‘renewable energy superpower’

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged Australia’s energy sector to seize a once in a generation opportunity to help make the country a renewable superpower, after promising to legislate...

Bunnings and Kmart hit with facial recognition investigation

Australia’s privacy regulator has opened investigations into Bunnings and Kmart centred on the retailers’ use of facial recognition on customers. Preliminary inquiries have also commenced into the Good Guys...

Businesses neglecting innovation post-COVID: ABS

Australian businesses of all sizes have shifted focus away from innovation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly half not engaging in any innovation activity in the last two...

CSIRO lands $8.6m contract for Defence respirators

CSIRO has secured the largest government contract to date from the Defence Innovation Hub to develop advanced respiratory protective equipment for the Australian Defence Force. The respirator technology was...

Permissions denied: Home Affairs tech platform gets the hook

Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil’s decision to pull digital passenger cards has raised new questions about the underlying government technology platform and its chequered history as the development bill...

7 things the Australian Research Council review should tackle

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has announced a review of the Australian Research Council (ARC). The review will require thorough reflection, both on a set of key principles to...

A Future Made in Australia office waits on detail

Labor got a solid round of applause when it unveiled plans for a Future Made in Australia Office last October in the run-up to the federal election as part...

Northern Endeavour removal planning hits phase 2

The Industry department has brought in a Canberra consultancy to start planning how to plug a disused oil well left by an ageing oil vessel floating in the Timor...

Gig Guide: Renee Leon is the new IPAA chief

The new national president of the Institute of Public Administration Australia is Professor Renée Leon, the current vice-chancellor and president of Charles Sturt University. Professor Renée joined the university...