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Online safety codes hang on ‘red line’ issues

Australia’s eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant will take delivery on Friday of the final drafts of the online safety codes that have been under development by local tech industry...

NSW ministers get interim Industry, Digital duties

Premier Chris Minns has placed interim responsibility for the portfolios of Industry and Digital in New South Wales at the centre of the new Labor government while the full...

eSafety Commissioner set for funding boost

The Office of the eSafety Commissioner will likely receive additional funding in the Albanese government’s May Budget, with Labor ministers continuing to criticise the former Coalition government for not...

Ministers agree to take national approach on critical minerals

Australian governments have united in support of critical minerals, with mineral-rich states and territories agreeing to make the development of the sector a “national priority” following calls from industry...

NRF to spur ‘conga line of rent-seekers’: Coalition

Federal opposition Senators are concerned that investments through the National Reconstruction Fund will be captured by rent-seekers, with several Senators voicing concern. The Coalition arguments follow the release of...

Pocock flags support for $15bn reconstruction fund

Independent Senator for the Australian Capital Territory David Pocock is set to support the National Reconstruction Fund bill, with his proposed amendments expected to be backed by the government...

Pezzullo says data localisation will benefit local sector

Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo says data localisation requirements currently under consideration by the federal government could prove fruitful for the local data storage and processing sector in Australia....

Top bureaucrats mull NSW-like digital fund for Canberra

A panel of Canberra’s most senior bureaucrats are weighing an investment vehicle modelled on the New South Wales government’s Digital Restart Fund to support federal digital projects outside of...

Proposed energy transition authority hits Senate roadblock

A Greens proposal to establish a National Energy Transition Authority has been shot down by a Senate committee report, although an alternative coordinating body for the transition to renewable...

Tech consultants caught in redundancy wave

Tech job redundancies are continuing across the economy, with Accenture, the consulting arm of IBM, and Amazon the latest to confirm cuts. The cuts add to the job losses...

Cold supply chains: Levins on pitching at SXSW 2023

When I interview Paul Levins, he is sitting in Spanish villa-style ranch house in a small community about an hour’s drive north of Austin, Texas, where he has been...

Uphill climb for NSW Labor’s rail manufacturing revive

Independent costings of NSW Labor’s election promise to revive domestic rail manufacturing cast doubt on the ambitious plan, finding any actual train buys are so far in the future...