Tag: Department of Industry

NSW food innovation hub opens after first tenants secured

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A long-promised food manufacturing hub backed by the federal government has opened on NSW’s Central Coast, giving local businesses and students access to purpose-built production spaces and other shared...

Kim Carr on the long march to industrial rejuvenation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Former senator Kim Carr spent 30 years in the federal Parliament holding ministerial portfolios as wide ranging as Human Services, Higher Education and Defence Material. But he is best...

Update: Copyright is a mess and AI will make it worse

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government spends more than $10 million each year on media monitoring services that fundamentally undermine the ability of media companies to pay for news reporting. When the...

SERD response key to productivity fix, inquiry told

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Rapid reform of the research and development landscape and better-targeted uptake of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence are needed to boost Australia’s flatlining productivity rates, a Canberra inquiry has...

Tech startups left waiting on $12m in quantum grants

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Startups say they have been left in the dark after the federal government quietly delayed applications for the final batch of grants through its $36 million Critical Technologies Challenge...

AI Accelerator CRC dollars won’t arrive until 2028

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The only new industry-facing research funding in last year’s National AI Plan will sit locked away until 2028, raising fresh questions about the government’s commitment to the technology. Announced...

Chip packaging, printed solar tech nets $7m in IGP grants

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A semiconductor packaging tool that triples communication speeds between computer chips and a printed solar panel lighter than a can of soft drink have received funding through the federal...

Window for AI regulation is closing fast, warns Toby Walsh

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The federal government must act to regulate artificial intelligence “in the next year” to avoid generational harms posed by chatbots and lock in the technology’s productivity benefits, top AI...

Space Agency advisory board wound up after two-year hiatus

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has quietly dissolved the Australian Space Agency’s advisory board, nearly two years after the body was emptied of its members ahead of a governance review. Industry...