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‘Just get out of the way’ is a tech industry cop out

When a tech industry chief executive as successful and respected as Atlassian’s Mike Cannon-Brookes speaks on the record with advice for the government, you feel compelled to listen. But...

Govt urged to act on automated decision-making reform

As Attorney General Mark Dreyfus forges ahead with a framework for automating government decisions, experts say the plan is missing foundational work and the reform ambition it needs. In...

SA defence precinct proposed to ‘cluster’ industry

A vast new defence and aerospace precinct has been proposed for the outskirts of Adelaide, as the South Australian government looks to attract more defence industry investment. A 400...

Advanced materials maker snags $1.5m scaleup grant

A Wollongong firm developing materials for use in extreme environments like air travel and nuclear waste disposal will receive $1.5 million from the federal government’s scaleup program to expand...

White House orders expansion in US government use of AI

Donald Trump’s Executive Office has ordered federal agencies to name a chief AI officer, develop strategies for expanding their use of artificial intelligence, and to make the purchase of...

US grapples with power demands of Big Tech data centres

US electric utilities are fielding massive requests for new power capacity as Big Tech scours the country for viable locations for new data centres to keep up with the...

Bessent: Market plunge more about ‘Mag 7’ than MAGA

The stock market plunge has more to do with the emergence this year of China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence tool than with President Donald Trump’s policies, US Treasury Secretary Scott...

Govt must rise to its Innovation Blueprint ambition

A new state plan for a decade of innovation in NSW has identified gaping holes in strategic industries, funding and talent, while floating ambitious policy options to close them....

Diraq, SQC tapped for DARPA quantum drive

Two local quantum computing startups have secured contracts with US defence research agency DARPA for a coveted benchmarking program designed to find the companies capable of achieving utility-scale within...