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Unis ask to go alone on AI rules

Australian universities say they are managing the risks of artificial intelligence to academic integrity and the federal government should wait to enforce specific regulations for the technology on the...

Multinational primes wanted for Global Supply Chain Program

Multinational prime contractors are being invited to apply for the next iteration of the Defence department’s Global Supply Chain Program, which intends to help Australian small to medium sized...

Govt grapples with AI impact on competition

Artificial intelligence is a “different kind” of technology challenge for government, according to assistant minister for competition Dr Andrew Leigh, who will lead a new competition reform push that...

Govt sets phased path to digital ID in draft bill

The Albanese government has kicked off public consultations on a proposed expansion of its digital identity system, with draft legislation revealing plans for a phased roll-out to the private...

STA: Could a tax incentive drive workforce diversity?

Advocacy group Science and Technology Australia says a new tax incentive might be the best way to drive “systemic shifts” in employee diversity within Australia’s largest companies and improve...

$1bn WA batteries to be delivered by China’s CATL

The world’s largest battery manufacturer will deliver hundreds of its containerised liquid-cooled battery systems to two Western Australian battery projects worth more than $1 billion collectively, with Spanish multinational...

NSW Digital Restart Fund limps on for another year

The New South Wales government’s Digital Restart Fund is on track to run dry at the end of this financial year, after the Minns government chose not to top...

$87m for research spinouts through Victorian Unis

Breakthrough Victoria has launched $87 million worth of research commercialisation partnerships with Deakin University, La Trobe University, Monash University, RMIT, and Swinburne. Startups spun out of the five universities...

NSW Budget: State claws back $700m innovation fund

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s first Budget has redirected millions of dollars set aside for science and innovation programs in order to deliver savings and to fund other priorities, including...

Taskforce created to set public service guardrails for AI

A new government taskforce has been tasked with forging a set of guardrails for the use of artificial intelligence in the Australian Public Service, as the Albanese government seeks...

First $5bn flows to NRF as the corporation is formalised

The entity responsible for overseeing the Albanese government’s signature $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund has been formally established, almost six months after the legislation passed through Parliament. The National...