The value of Australian lithium exports are expected to triple in real-terms this financial year, from $5.2 billion to $18.6 billion, according to the latest figures published by the...
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Tech giants moving the “apparent location” of their “bits and bytes” production to minimise tax will face tighter rules under the Albanese government’s multinational tax reform package, which took...
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The National Library of Australia will receive $33 million over four years in next month’s federal Budget, avoiding a funding cliff and securing the future of its digital archive...
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A roadmap charting a way forward on Australia’s proposed mandatory age verification regime for online pornography has been delivered to the federal government after almost two years of development...
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The number of retirees having to pay high monthly fees for underperforming fixed connections to the internet is increasing at an alarming rate thanks to a small provider exemption...
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Australian app developers have joined a class action lawsuit against Big Tech giants Google and Apple alleging abuse of power in their respective app stores. The class actions, being...
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US defence giant Lockheed Martin has fought off Airbus, Boeing and Optus to secure a lucrative contract to deliver Australia’s first “sovereign-controlled” military satellite communication constellation. The Department of...
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The federal government is preparing to renegotiate its software licensing arrangement with German tech giant SAP, after one contract connected with the deal ballooned almost eight times its original...
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The first round of headline speakers for The Capability Papers – Non-Kinetic Defence & Dual-Use Tech event in Adelaide on May 24 have been unveiled as Deputy Premier Susan...
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Debates about the notional definition of sovereign capability has entered mainstream policy debates over the past two years. The impact that Covid and the economic crisis that it wrought...
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The suppliers and government agencies linked to an emerging lobbying scandal may be called before a parliamentary inquiry within weeks to explain the influence of a consulting firm linked...
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The open letter calling for an immediate six-month pause in the AI development arms race and signed by more than 1600 tech luminaries, researchers and responsible technology advocates under...
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Tesla and Tech Council of Australia chair Robyn Denholm has joined the board of local tech company SafetyCulture, after serving as an advisor since late 2021. Ms Denholm joins...
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After developing an artificial intelligence ethics framework long before the likes of ChatGPT and BARD, efforts are afoot at the data arm of Australia’s national science agency to help...