An urgent problem for governments around the world in the digital age is how to tackle the harms caused by mis- and disinformation, and Australia is no exception. Together,...
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With Australia now set on a path of intensive re-industrialisation and tens of billions of targeted investment dollars being readied for deployment, attention has turned to identifying areas of...
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The future of Recharge Industries’ ambition to build a battery ‘gigafactory’ near Geelong remains mired in uncertainty after its parent company Scale Facilitation’s local office was raided by the...
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The Robodebt Royal Commission has raised serious questions about ongoing practices within government in relation to the data exchange, data matching and data warehousing that was used to justify...
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The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government has appointed seven members to its new Renewable Energy Innovation Fund Industry Advisory Board. The board will advise on the allocation of $19...
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The motley of laws and regulations that apply to robotics must be reviewed in order to pinpoint barriers and growth opportunities for the fledgling sector, the Defence Science and...
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Australia must significantly lift its investment in robotics-related artificial intelligence research to build out a sovereign robotics industry, according to 14 of the nation’s leading experts in the field....
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Australian university researchers had their pay frozen and were banned from applying for future grants because of foreign interference and national security concerns held by government agencies. An audit...
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The Department of Finance has assumed control of the federal government $600 million-plus digital identity program, taking policy duties from the Digital Transformation Agency in the latest carve up...
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A grant agreement for the development of an Origin Energy-led green hydrogen hub in the Hunter Valley has been signed for around 70 per cent more than had been...
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Big Tech concerns with proposed misinformation and disinformation laws that will grant new powers to the Australian Communications and Media Authority are “very valid”, according to the regulator’s chair...
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Rio Tinto and Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Corporation have secured a $32.1 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to advance a hydrogen pilot project aiming to decarbonise alumina...
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The Department of Home Affairs is preparing advice for the Albanese government on the risks of “authoritarian vendors” after departments spent the last six months ripping out security equipment...
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New South Wales’ digital twin will undergo extensive work over the next 12 months to bring to life its next set of features, with the state government to enlist...