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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ federal Budget two weeks ago outlined an expected decline of $640.6 million in payments to companies under the R&D Tax Incentive scheme over the five years...
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The NSW Electoral Commission is pressing the state government to allow it to recycle unspent funding on “urgent” fixes to legacy systems, as it awaits money for a more...
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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...
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The University of Sydney will take an equity stake in up to 50 health and technology spinouts through a new commercialisation fund aimed at bridging the early-stage funding gap....
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A Coalition plan to further cap international students would pull hundreds of millions of dollars out of Australia’s research system and shut out some of the world’s best early...
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Samsung Electronics is expected to forecast a 21 per cent drop in Q1 profit on Tuesday, hurt by sluggish sales of artificial intelligence chips and continued losses in its...
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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...
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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....
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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...