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Education minister moves to end research grant veto powers

Legislation to remove the Education minister’s power to veto Australian Research Council grants has been introduced to Parliament, as the federal government works to implement other recommendations made in...

Buckle up: The AI genie is out of the bottle

We have largely been taken by surprise by the tremendous advances in capability of the latest Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI. Across domains from music and art...

Conroy talks up ‘huge opportunity’ of export control reforms

Defence Industry minister Pat Conroy has dismissed concerns surrounding proposed reforms to the Defence Control Act, describing the changes as “a huge opportunity for Australian Industry”. The proposed Defence...

All hail the ‘reinvention of manufacturing at nanoscale’

Nanotechnology continues to take great strides in frontier scientific research.  Advances in photonics, optoelectronics, nanomaterials and intelligent image recognition have increased the application value to advanced information and communication...

Gallagher pulls back ‘naïve’ $344m GovERP project

The federal government has abandoned its massive enterprise resource planning system consolidation project known as GovERP in favour of a new approach that promises greater autonomy for agencies. The...

APSLabs could be the ultimate GovTech sandbox

The Australian government serves every individual and business that interacts with Australian laws and regulations. It is a massive and intricate conglomerate, encompassing diverse organisations with a multitude of...

ACCC pushing for competition reform to manage Big Tech risk

The expansion of Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft into emerging technologies and other interconnected products is increasing the risk of competition and consumer harm, according to the Australian...

Cultural change and the drive to research translation

Dr David Ireland has built a career in research translation, taking ideas and IP from the laboratory and applying models for commercial success or social impact. He says that...

Musk shtick: X booted from industry’s misinformation code

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has been kicked off the industry’s self-regulation effort on misinformation and disinformation because it removed user reporting tools and stopped...