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Tech and AI: ‘The politics of this is not straightforward’

The Prime Minister’s special envoy for cybersecurity and digital resilience Andrew Charlton says the path to prosperity lies in digitising the national economy, and that Australia’s “meal ticket” will...

ASCA head Emily Hilder exits in operational shakeup

Australian Army Brigadier Hugh Meggitt will take over the running of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator as part of a shakeup that will see the accelerator move closer to...

$14bn Future Made tax credit plan passes Senate

Billions of dollars in tax credits for green hydrogen production and critical minerals processing will flow from 2027 after the centrepiece of the Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia...

Audit office clears king-sized cost of PsiQuantum legal fees

The national auditor has cleared a multi-million dollar blowout on legal advice for the federal government’s investment in Californian quantum startup PsiQuantum, concluding that the key due diligence contract...

Agents: The next frontier of enterprise AI

AI agents are set to transform the economy as we know it, with Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff predicting that today’s business leaders will be the last to lead...

VC veteran leading Breakthrough Victoria into next stage

Venture capitalist Rod Bristow is the new head of Breakthrough Victoria, joining the company responsible for the state government’s $2 billion innovation fund on Monday with a pledge to...

As election looms, executive pay is back on the agenda

The Greens have put executive remuneration back in the national spotlight, demanding that government put a ceiling on what the NBN leadership can be paid as a condition of...

Australia hits AUKUS tech trade milestone

Local defence companies have chalked up more than $25 million in licence-free exports to the United States and United Kingdom in less than six months under Australia’s new export...

Australia’s Top Secret cloud and the battle for sovereignty

Australia’s $2 billion Top Secret cloud is sorely needed by defence and intelligence agencies that have fallen years behind the private sector, allies and some adversaries. But the government’s...

Bowen’s hydrogen pipedream hits hurdles

Energy minister Chris Bowen says the government remains committed to building out Australia’s fledgling green hydrogen industry despite a series of project setbacks and a delay to the government’s...

AI policies still missing at 20 federal agencies

Almost two dozen federal government agencies using artificial intelligence were without internal policies governing its use last year, and more than 40 had no assurance arrangements in place, an...

SA moves on social media ‘posting and boasting’

South Australians will face jail terms of up to two years for sharing violent or illegal acts on social media under laws introduced to state parliament on Thursday to...

Experts back licensing regime for platform giants

Social media platforms and service providers like Meta and Google would need a licence to operate in Australia and be forced to fund an independent regulator under a radical...