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...
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Global tectonic shifts in technology are impacting Australia’s systems of government, business, commerce and social interaction. From AI-driven phishing programs to automated cyber interference in security, the changes are...
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When the Labor Party’s Jerome Laxale won the Sydney seat of Bennelong from the Liberals at the 2022 election, votes from Chinese Australians angry about then-prime minister Scott Morrison’s...
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US President Donald Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs could hamstring Big Tech’s billion-dollar efforts to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the country, likely undermining a key goal of the administration,...
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Accenture’s contract to build an aged care platform was overstated by almost $18 million and only corrected six months after the work was completed, in one of the biggest...
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“Little more than a water recycling facility that has no present utility and will go into non-operational maintenance mode for the foreseeable future.” That’s how an NSW parliamentary committee...
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The global stock market carnage that followed US President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs rippled through early trading in the United States, slamming a wide swath of key industries...
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A co-investment fund for critical minerals exploration will be established in New South Wales, with $2.5 million in seed money to be made available to help miners unlock rare earths...
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The advanced technology pillar of the AUKUS agreement is going under the microscope in the UK, with a new parliamentary inquiry to probe whether there is “sufficient clarity” on...
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Australia will make $1 billion in interest-free loans available through National Reconstruction Fund to businesses in response to new trade tariffs imposed by the United States. Prime Minister Anthony...
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Data retention obligations imposed on businesses should be scaled back and replaced with the federal government’s digital identity scheme or other privacy-preserving methods, according to the Law Council of...
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South Australian space and AI firms, local universities and Defence’s research arm will partner to demonstrate an ambitious new sensor network after securing a $1.6 million collaboration grant. The...
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A Coalition government would amalgamate private investment facilitation functions into a new body with “call in” powers to scrutinise hold ups, shadow treasurer Angus Taylor announced on Wednesday as...