Tag: AUKUS

AUKUS gets go-ahead with passage of US bill

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
US legislation to allow the sale of nuclear-powered submarines and expedite defence and advanced technology transfers and investment with Australia has passed US Congress, leaving only President Joe Biden...

Breaking down the policy decision-making silos

Posted on   |  by Professor Johanna Weaver
The Albanese government has shown a clear commitment to uplift Australia’s technology capability, but does it have a minister willing and able to lead a coordinated national effort?  Siloed...

Home-grown AI is a key building block for our future

Posted on   |  by Professor Toby Walsh
What were the most important achievements of the Morrison government? I asked Microsoft Bing chat. Alongside managing the COVID-19 pandemic, the AI chatbot nominated AUKUS, the trilateral security pact...

Australia races ahead with defence export control reforms

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government is racing ahead with controversial reforms to export controls that will introduce a “licence-free environment” for technology sharing between AUKUS partners at the expense of local...

Conroy talks up ‘huge opportunity’ of export control reforms

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Defence Industry minister Pat Conroy has dismissed concerns surrounding proposed reforms to the Defence Control Act, describing the changes as “a huge opportunity for Australian Industry”. The proposed Defence...

Aussie firms await path forward on AUKUS Pillar II

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
More direction is needed from Defence departments on the way forward with the advanced technologies component of AUKUS, according to a handful of Australian and American firms working in...

Defence export reforms would ‘see me jailed’, scientist warns

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
One of Australia’s most esteemed scientists says he would be jailed for continuing his current research on semiconductors and nanotechnology under the government’s planned changes to defence trade controls....

SME micro-partnerships can underpin AUKUS success

Posted on   |  by Sarah Pavillard
Earlier this year, I launched a white paper, Micro-Partnerships in the Age of AUKUS, at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Maryland in the United States as part of the Team...