Tag: Economic Reform Roundtable

AI productivity dividend more hype than reality: report

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Artificial intelligence is being sold as a cure for Australia’s sluggish productivity growth, but a new report from think tank Per Capita argues the case is built more on...

‘Tell us once’ lurches back to life after a decade

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
It’s not often a ‘tell us once’ digital strategy rates a mention by a federal Treasurer, let alone in the wake of a much-hyped economic roundtable aimed at fixing...

News Wrap: All quiet on the mandatory guardrail front

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has been strangely quiet at Parliament House in Canberra this week, considering a national economic summit was being hosted by Treasurer Jim Chalmers. All the action was taking...

Chalmers agrees to ‘make AI a national priority’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Dedicated industry and government plans to harness artificial intelligence will be developed with urgency after the Albanese government and stakeholders agreed to elevate the frontier technology to a “national...

Urgent reform needed to close future skills gap

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Australia could face a shortfall of 250,000 workers across the finance, technology and business sectors by 2030, according to Future Skills Organisation (FSO) chief executive Patrick Kidd. Speaking on...