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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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“If you were an evil genius, what would you do to create maximum disruption in the world right now?” This was the first audience question posed of the panel...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...