The Senate has ordered Employment minister Amanda Rishworth hand over a review of backend technology at her department after a series of bugs and administration failures raised serious doubts...
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Defence, biofuels and biomedical industries are set for a major boost in Queensland, with the state government opening applications for its new $180.6 million Sovereign Industry Development Fund. The...
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A new platform that gives federal public servants a secure way to experiment with artificial intelligence models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o has launched, as the government looks to boost adoption...
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Australia risks missing out on $25 billion in economic growth by 2035 unless urgent action is taken to close a digital skills chasm, according to the national peak body...
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Billionaire Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar says Australia has a unique opportunity to become a leading data centre hub in Southeast Asia, including by offering other countries the ability to...
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The agency behind My Health Record has gone to market to start carving up the decades-long $780 million Accenture contract underpinning the national data system, but is sticking with...
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The first piece of legislation introduced by new Attorney General Michelle Rowland on Wednesday will place the entire national intelligence community under the oversight of the security watchdog and...
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Gilmour Space Technologies launched its maiden rocket from northern Queensland on Wednesday morning, but it crashed shortly after the historic take-off. The locally designed and manufactured rocket took off...
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YouTube will be included in Australia’s world-first ban on social media for teenagers, the federal government announced on Wednesday, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the platform. Australia’s eSafety...
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Government IT systems that incorrectly penalised welfare recipients remain at breaking point and will continue to malfunction, the Employment department was warned earlier this year by independent reviewers. Documents...
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Universities in NSW, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia have secured $62.4 million in federal funding for 13 new research hubs and training centres focused on strategic national priorities, including...
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Organisations deploying multi-AI agent systems risk running into new and complex failure modes multi-agent systems, a new report from the Gradient Institute has warned. Backed by the Department of...
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New Labor Senator Michelle Ananda-Rajah has urged federal parliament to lift its focus on solving the “mystery of the missing middle” holding back Australia’s world-class biotech sector. In her...
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Australia’s largest workers’ group has launched a push to tighten artificial intelligence regulations, including requiring employers to guarantee job security and retraining opportunities. The Australian Council of Trade Unions...