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Five years on, the Startup Muster gets a 2023 reboot

Five years after its last report, the Startup Muster has been given a massive reboot with new funding support from the NSW government and the Atlassian Foundation to deliver...

CSIRO board member overpaid $200,000

The CSIRO overpaid its board member and former gas and oil industry executive David Knox around $200,000 over three years, but is yet to determine the reason why or...

NSW govt’s use of consultants to be scrutinised

A parliamentary inquiry will scrutinise the heavy reliance on consultants by the New South Wales government in the wake of the PwC tax leaks scandal engulfing the Commonwealth. The...

Australia should be an AI regulation world leader: Husic

Industry and science minister Ed Husic is moving at pace to modernise Australia’s legal frameworks on artificial intelligence and says Australia can build a regulatory model that could be...

Online safety tsar rejects two industry codes

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has rejected two of the eight online safety codes developed by local tech industry associations for failing to provide “appropriate community safeguards” and...

Ed Husic releases discussion papers on AI regulation

As if the discussion had not already started across Australia, the Albanese government has released two discussion papers on artificial intelligence to inform a framework to ensure “appropriate safeguards”...

$70m more in MMI grants revealed

Another $70 million in grants committed under the former government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative have been executed, with figures published inclusive of GST. Arafura Resources is receiving $32.9 million to...

GovERP reprofiled, $60m in funds deferred after delays

The federal government’s massive enterprise resource planning system overhaul has been “reprofiled”, with $60 million in funding destined for the technology project deferred until next financial year. Officials from...