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NewsWrap: Our public AI debate is hallucinating

There are some crazy mixed-up themes coming out of the ever-more-mainstream discussions about artificial intelligence in this country. Take Tuesday. Andrew Charlton delivered a speech to the AFR’s AI...

Kim Carr on the long march to industrial rejuvenation

2 June 2026 | 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...

Kim Carr presses the case on local procurement

20 April 2026 | by Kim Carr

As a former minister for Innovation Industry Science and Research, as well as Higher Education, I welcome the Ambitious Australia (the strategic examination of R&D) final report’s proposition that...

‘We’ve got to defend our researchers’: Govt urged to act on Trump influence

19 March 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia must stare down the Trump administration’s attempt to influence research by applying a consistent approach to foreign interference, former Higher Education and Science minister Kim Carr says. The...

What now for Industry, Innovation and Science Australia?

19 January 2025 | by James Riley

The federal government’s peak advisory body on industrial policy, Industry, Innovation and Science Australia, has not provided published advice since 2023. It has no chair and no deputy chair....

Money for nothing: Australia’s dismal R&D performance

3 February 2024 | by Sandy Plunkett

“Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome. If you have a dumb incentive, you get a dumb outcome.” It’s the most famous public quip of Charlie...

Kim Carr farewelled from politics as ‘champion for Australian industry’

31 March 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Outgoing Senator Kim Carr was praised by both sides of politics on Wednesday afternoon as a champion of Australian innovation, a portfolio “powerhouse” and a fiery debater. With a...

Senate veteran and industry advocate Kim Carr set to leave politics

27 March 2022 | by Denham Sadler

Long-time industry advocate and former Cabinet minister Kim Carr has announced his retirement from politics after serving nearly 30 years as a Senator. Senator Carr announced on Sunday morning...

Kim Carr: Substantial changes still needed on ‘anti-trolling’ bill

24 March 2022 | by Denham Sadler

The minority report of a Senate committee looking at government’s controversial “anti-trolling” bill says it needs “substantial amendments” and that there is not enough time to get this done...

Govt and Labor reject bill removing minister’s research veto power

22 March 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

A bipartisan Senate committee has rejected a bill that would strip the Education minister of research funding veto powers, despite widespread community support and an unprecedented backlash to the...

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NewsWrap: Our public AI debate is hallucinating

Kim Carr on the long march to industrial rejuvenation

Kim Carr presses the case on local procurement

‘We’ve got to defend our researchers’: Govt urged to act on Trump influence

What now for Industry, Innovation and Science Australia?

Money for nothing: Australia’s dismal R&D performance

Kim Carr farewelled from politics as ‘champion for Australian industry’

Senate veteran and industry advocate Kim Carr set to leave politics

Kim Carr: Substantial changes still needed on ‘anti-trolling’ bill

Govt and Labor reject bill removing minister’s research veto power

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