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Greens push to hit Big Tech giants with $11.5bn tax

Google, Amazon and other major digital platforms would be hit with an annual 3 per cent tax on their revenue in Australia by default under a Greens proposal to...

NSW manufacturing facility launches with uni partnership

NSW’s government-backed manufacturing incubator has officially launched, signing on with a new partnership between 10 of the state’s biggest universities to help translate innovative research. After a three-year wait...

Govt accepts all Diversity in STEM Review recommendations

The federal government will overhaul its STEM diversity programs and develop a new strategy to drive greater inclusion of under-represented groups, in line with the recommendations from last year’s...

State missions, manufacturing to guide NSW industry reset

The NSW government will on Wednesday launch its first industry policy, establish hard manufacturing targets and launch three ambitious state missions to set a clearer strategic vision for a...

Regulators face a wicked choice on ransomware, experts say

As the average ransomware payment soars past $1.3 million and impacts businesses across almost every sector in Australia, experts are still split on whether banning the payments would curb...

Tech suppliers’ uphill battle on gender pay gap

The federal government’s main technology suppliers have significant gender pay gaps, with some well above the industry averages and going backwards, newly released transparency data shows. Tuesday’s data reveals...

Dozens of agencies miss major AI transparency deadline

Almost forty per cent of federal government agencies duty-bound to produce an AI transparency statement have missed the February filing deadline, in a blow to Canberra’s efforts to build...