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...
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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...
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The federal government has for the first time defined an ‘Australian business’ for procurement purposes as part of a multi-year project to extract more benefits from its $80 billion...
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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...
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Sydney-based quantum pioneer Diraq has opened a second office in the US, cementing a presence in Boston just three months after opening its first North American office in Silicon...
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The NSW Treasurer has flagged changes to drive down planning approval times after finding productivity driving projects like energy and data centres were being held up more than a...
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In July last year, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant directed tech companies to develop codes of practice to keep children safe from online porn and harmful content. Now,...
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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...
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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...
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Parliament’s powerful audit committee has called for a whole-of-government approach to managing the use of artificial intelligence across the public service and has sought the creation of a new...
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Hundreds of women will be trained and mentored as part of a new government-funded skills program designed to help tear down the barriers to entering and advancing in Australia’s...
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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...
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The idea that it could take more than two years to come up with a definition for what constitutes an Australian company would be considered laughable by right-minded Australians....
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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...