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InnovationAus Awards 2023 entry deadline looms

The final deadline for the InnovationAus Awards for Excellence 2023 is just two weeks away, and we are looking for the nation’s best entrepreneurs, innovators and research translation heroes....

No, AI probably won’t kill us all

Doomsaying is an old occupation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex subject. It’s easy to fear what you don’t understand. These three truths go some way towards explaining the...

‘Self-evident’ NRF won’t add to inflation: Industry

No explicit modelling on the inflationary impact of the National Reconstruction Fund has been undertaken because it is “self-evident” that the fund will not add to inflation, according to...

Fighting critical infrastructure threats as a community

The cybersecurity resilience of Australia’s critical infrastructure operators is now a mainstream issue. Significant cyber attacks on Optus, Medibank and Latitude Financial in the last year have shown just...

Gig Guide: Defence data chief off to ANZ

Defence’s chief data integration officer of 18 months Dr Maria Milosavljevic will leave the department to take up the role of chief information security officer at ANZ on August...

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...