Tag: Jim Chalmers

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...

News Wrap: Productivity wars turn to copyright reform

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry minister Tim Ayres and the Treasurer Jim Chalmers seemed to shut the door on calls to rewrite copyright laws in a way that would provide a ‘fair dealing’...

Economic reform must include industrial transformation

Posted on   |  by Roy Green
For a while it looked like federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ Economic Reform Roundtable would turn into a tax summit, such was the clamour to revisit missed opportunities. And we...

The ABS exposed a problem. Smart manufacturing is the answer

Posted on   |  by Paul Eastwood
Last month, two developments delivered a sharp warning to Australia’s industrial base. In a major economic address, Treasurer Jim Chalmers declared productivity the “defining economic challenge of the next...

Australia slides in global competitiveness rankings

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia has slipped five places in a key international competitiveness ranking, falling from 13th to 18th position as sluggish economic growth and productivity weigh on the nation’s performance. The...

Can Jim Chalmers fix his superannuation tax dilemma?

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
The Australian newspaper has ramped up its campaign against Labor’s plan to increase the tax on earnings from superannuation funds with balances greater than $3 million in the past...

PC targets AI adoption with new regulatory review

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s regulatory settings for artificial intelligence will go under the microscope for the second time in two years as part of a series of inquiries aimed at turning around...