The Albanese government is facing growing calls to make good on its commitment to set up an AI Safety Institute, with Australia the only signatory of an almost year-old...
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Reading the tea leaves on tech and innovation policy ahead of federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers fourth Budget is even more hit-and-miss than usual, given the proximity of the election....
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Southern Launch on Monday announced it has closed a “significant” funding round led by infrastructure investors that will allow it to build out its launch and test facilities in...
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As the Albanese government books another $720 million saving on external labour, the analysis that triggered the cull is getting a refresh amid warnings of mounting tech work and...
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Nine European Union countries are working together to accelerate plans to boost the bloc’s computer chip industry and aim to present their proposals within months, one of the coalition’s...
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An independent review of Australia’s intelligence community has called on the Albanese government to scope a national security fund for dual-use tech that could help agencies like ASIO and...
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The federal government has hit pause on plans to regulate AI through the imposition of mandatory guardrails, upended by a fast moving and freewheeling Trump administration that is headed...
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Australia’s encryption-busting laws were used by federal police for the first time last year to force at least one undisclosed tech company to provide assistance, in an escalation of...
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New South Wales has a new privacy commissioner in Sonia Minutillo, who has led the Information and Privacy Commission NSW’s regulatory functions for the best part of a decade....
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The Albanese government has committed to review Australia’s financial regulatory sandbox as part of a suite of reforms to regulate crypto exchanges and other digital asset platforms. The review,...
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Chip giant Nvidia will open a quantum computing research lab in Boston, where it plans to collaborate with scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, chief...
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A proposed AI investment plan put forward ahead of last year’s federal Budget was knocked back by the government at a time when other developed nations were ramping up...
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The Finance department must start taking action to lift contract management capability across the public service, an inquiry has found after examining a string of contracting failures and scandals....
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Australia’s only silicon manufacturer has received an almost $40 million grant from the federal government, securing local supply of the key input for solar panels and semiconductors. Simcoa secured...