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Tax Office sharpens crackdown on RDTI cheats

A Sydney businessman and his firms have been ordered to pay more than $13 million in penalties for encouraging clients to lodge over-inflated, inaccurate or unsubstantiated claims for research...

French biometrics firm handed 10-year border tech deal

French biometrics firm IDEMIA has landed a contract with the Department of Home Affairs to continue its support of Australia’s ageing airport arrivals SmartGates for the next 10 years....

Enforcing the social media age ban will cost $50m

The federal government will spend more than $50 million enforcing Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s over the next four years, as it steps up its oversight of...

Gambling, tobacco firms booted from R&D Tax Incentive

Gambling and tobacco firms will be excluded from the Research and Development Tax Incentive from next year, after transparency data laid bare tens of millions of dollars in claims...

Defence’s new ‘hub and spoke’ AI centre

A new centre has been stood up in Defence to coordinate artificial intelligence policy and scale its use of the technology in line with a responsible AI policy that...

Solar panel subsidies only part of the resilience puzzle

The first part of the Australian government’s Future Made in Australia legislation passed through the Senate last month, setting up a national interest framework. But the legislation divided Parliament....

Meta to pay $50m over Cambridge Analytica data harvesting

Meta will pay up to $50 million to users in Australia as part of its settlement with the privacy regulator over the tech giant’s Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal,...

CUAVA-2 is back on mission and ready for work

After a shaky start, the Australian designed and manufactured cube satellite CUAVA-2 is moving back on mission following a reboot and is now undergoing commissioning of services. The CUAVA-2...

UNSW enters OpenAI tie-up that protects users’ IP

The University of NSW will gain access to a university orientated version of ChatGPT that offers academics and students intellectual property protections under a landmark new agreement with OpenAI....

Tightened science diplomacy grants roll out

Nine Australian researchers will split $6 million in federal funding to work with partners from east Asia on projects like hydrogen, AI, advanced manufacturing and solar technologies after securing...

Can AI recognise human emotions? The science doesn’t stack up

Can artificial intelligence (AI) tell whether you’re happy, sad, angry or frustrated? According to technology companies that offer AI-enabled emotion recognition software, the answer to this question is yes....