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Qld 10-year electric vehicle strategy gets $55m jumpstart

The Queensland government on Wednesday unveiled $55 million worth of electric vehicle incentives and charging infrastructure to support its 10-year plan for zero emission vehicles uptake. The first $45...

Aussie Hysata claims lead in green hydrogen sprint

Wollongong University spin-out Hysata has published research related to its hydrogen electrolyser technology that it claims provides a clear path to enabling hydrogen production costs of “well-below” $2 per...

Consumer law rallying cry as Rod Sims leaves ACCC chair

In his last speech as head of Australia’s competition watchdog, Rod Sims has implored economists to stop viewing consumer law as “the poor cousin of competition law” and called...

Action urged on algorithmic transparency and end-to-end encryption

A government-led Parliamentary committee has called for statutory requirements around social media algorithmic transparency, potential regulation of end-to-end encryption and continued scrutiny of Big Tech companies. The House of...

WA naval precinct gets a $4.3 billion federal upgrade

During his visit to Western Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that the state would receive $4.3 billion for a naval precinct upgrade. WA will get its first large-vessel...

Facebook’s election measures ‘wholly inadequate’

Digital rights groups have blasted Facebook’s latest commitment to clean up the federal election as a “bandaid” measure framed in a way to avoid more scrutiny of the company’s...

McKinsey paid $2m more for govt digital trade work

Consulting multinational McKinsey will be paid nearly $2 million over just two months to continue working on the federal government’s simplified trade system project, bringing its total bill for...