Tag: Andrew Charlton

Husic saddles up for another sovereign capability fight

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Former Industry minister Ed Husic spent a decade advocating for the tech sector from opposition, long before he had joined even the shadow Cabinet. Old habits certainly die hard,...

Buy Australian campaign must first target Canberra

Posted on   |  by James Riley
This week the federal government is asking Australians to buy Australian-made products as part of the annual Buy Australian Week. Local technology companies would prefer that the federal government...

Australia’s real AI risk is falling behind on skills

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
Australia’s ability to lift productivity from AI will depend less on the technology itself and more on building workforce capability.  With AI adoption accelerating across sectors, the Future Skills...

CGT startup risk overshadows ‘positive’ RDTI reforms

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Long-awaited reforms to tax breaks for research and development have been largely welcomed by the tech sector as a positive first step in the government’s response to a landmark...

Husic says innovation-regulation trade-off ‘just garbage’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Former industry minister Ed Husic has dismissed the idea that Australia must choose between encouraging AI innovation and regulating the highest-risk application of the technology as “just garbage”. In...

Stepping through: Australia’s sliding door moment on AI

Posted on   |  by Dr Andrew Charlton
In the 1980s and 1990s, Labor governments under Bob Hawke and Paul Keating confronted an uncomfortable reality: Australia could not drift into prosperity. The old economic settings – protection,...

‘Lean Australian’ on AI purchases, Charlton urges business

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Assistant technology minister Andrew Charlton has called on the private sector to choose Australian AI solutions over foreign alternatives, warning that government policy alone cannot sustain the sector. In...

Science Meets Parliament now meets the economy

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Science and Technology Australia aims to drive commercialisation and productivity outcomes through closer connections between science and business with a new national leadership initiative to be unveiled at its...