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AI and Australia’s missing data centre strategy

In the absence of meaningful activity from the Industry portfolio in coordinating and accelerating investment in AI infrastructure, Australia’s next federal government should consider moving responsibility for a national...

Skills drive: Tonsley Technical College signs new industry partners

Tonsley Technical College, one of South Australia’s five new technical colleges, has unveiled three additional employer partnerships to support career development opportunities within the advanced manufacturing and engineering.  ...

Trump says chips from China to face national security, new tariffs

US President Donald Trump says his administration’s latest message that the exclusion of smartphones and computers from his reciprocal tariffs on China will be short-lived, and has pledged a...

US outsourced chipmakers will escape China’s tariffs

US chipmakers that outsource manufacturing will be exempt from China’s retaliatory tariffs on US imports, according to a notice by the main Chinese semiconductor association on Friday. Given the...

Defence’s powerful new supercomputer comes online

A new Defence supercomputer almost a decade in the making is now up and running in Adelaide, delivering machine learning and AI capabilities to defence scientists. Defence declared the...

Manufacturers blast Coalition over plan to ditch NRF funds

Manufacturing workers on Friday said Australia “cannot risk” a Coalition government after the opposition promised to unwind mostly popular policy work and cut billions in legislated incentives for new...

Govt disbands Entrepreneurs’ Programme advisory committee

The Albanese government has dissolved the Entrepreneurs’ Programme advisory committee, sweeping away one of the last vestiges of the Coalition’s former flagship industry program. The Entrepreneurs’ Programme Committee was...

AI infrastructure debate needs nuance and consultation

With so much global activity, it is both logical and encouraging to see increased recognition of the role and importance of data centres as essential digital infrastructure. Australia has...

Home Affairs hunts new machine learning cyber shield

The Department of Home Affairs is searching for a new cybersecurity shield to protect thousands of users and devices, as its current ageing and patchwork system runs up against...

Innovation Blueprint: A long-term vision for NSW

Innovation-intensive companies are a focus for economic policymakers because they make an outsized contribution to productivity growth and economic well-being.  This is well recognised by governments around the world....

Cybersecurity industry silent as Trump turns on SentinelOne

The cybersecurity industry has gone mostly quiet after President Donald Trump took action against one of its prominent members. President Trump on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of security clearances...

Dutton looks to strip $15bn National Reconstruction Fund

The federal government’s $15 billion manufacturing fund could be stripped by a Dutton government, which would use around $14.5 billion from its unspent allocation for Coalition priorities. As the...

Canberra’s AI transparency laggards fall in line

Federal government agencies that missed a key AI transparency deadline earlier this year have now largely fallen into line, with just two mandatory declarations still outstanding across the public...