Industry and Science minister Ed Husic will use a landmark speech on Wednesday to stitch together the component parts of new thinking on industrial policy that turns 40 years...
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Negotiations over the design of critical infrastructure rules connected with laws passed almost 18 months ago are ongoing between the federal government and Microsoft, one of the company’s most...
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Local software companies Compass and TechnologyOne will deliver the new student management system for more than 800 public schools in Western Australia in a deal worth almost $190 million...
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Amazon’s local policy leaders could not name a single use of generative AI by the company in Australia or what datasets it would be trained on, despite its global...
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Federal education ministers will be unable to veto research grants for reasons outside national security under a landmark change announced by Education minister Jason Clare on Tuesday. Mr Clare...
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The Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct in Western Australia has secured mining tech company IMDEX as its first major industry partner. ASX-listed IMDEX has signed on to be an...
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Australia has been losing manufacturing jobs and income to other countries for years, including vital industries like Holden – one of the last bastions of car manufacturing. Other industries...
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The federal government has relaxed a requirement that space operators use third parties when applying to obtain launch licences or permits in a move that promises to save Australian...
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The Department of Defence reduced spending with the Big Four consulting giants by an average 40 per cent in the 2022/23 financial year, the first full 12 month reporting...
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The federal government is considering further support for parts of the RNA sector after helping establish the southern hemisphere’s first commercial mRNA manufacturing capability in Melbourne. The Industry department...
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Australia’s peak business lobby group wants the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund to support fewer industries and be dedicated to critical technologies as part of an overhaul of industrial...
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The Australian Information Industry Association has thrown its weight behind a backbench proposal for a Technology Assessment Office to help policymakers better understand the impact that emerging technologies could...
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The landmark National Reconstruction Fund is a significant achievement for the Albanese government. But since it was unveiled, the goalposts have shifted dramatically and it is no longer enough....
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Australia can recover from its infamous fumble of solar panel manufacturing that saw homegrown technology launch an entire industry in China. But the price of establishing domestic operations is...