Tag: ACTU

Gig Guide: Microsoft names local finance chief

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Microsoft has appointed Christopher Healey as chief financial officer for Australia and New Zealand, marking his return home after more than seven years based at the company’s Seattle headquarters. Mr...

Prioritise Australia’s national interest, data centres told

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Data centre operators and hyperscaler computing companies must prioritise Australia’s national interest and offset energy needs with new and additional renewable infrastructure, according to a set of federal guiding...

Workers win input on Microsoft Australia’s AI roll out

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Workers will have a larger say in Microsoft Australia’s development and use of artificial intelligence after the peak union body struck a first of its kind agreement with the...

Something for everyone as tech sector cheers AI plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s National AI Plan is short on detail, but its hands-off approach has nonetheless been welcomed by the tech industry and even drew plaudits from the union...

Unions to seek workplace AI protections from Chalmers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...

We can chart our own path on AI regulation: ACTU

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia can chart its own path on AI regulation and should not be compelled to follow the competing approaches of risk and safety-focused Europe or the hands-off US, ACTU...

Unions call for federal procurement boycott of Big Tech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
On a day when newly appointed Industry minister Tim Ayres said Australia’s trade unions needed a stronger voice in managing the impact of technology in the workplace, the union...

Chalmers’ industry agenda faces stakeholder split

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Industry and union groups will clash in Canberra on Thursday over the government’s attempt to kickstart green hydrogen and minerals processing industries, in a showdown threatening Treasurer Jim Chalmers’...