Tag: National AI Plan

Under fire: AI safety ‘underfunded and underprioritised’

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Albanese government has been accused of underfunding and underprioritising AI safety, with one Senator warning its AI policy has fallen “out of step” with voters’ expectations. Minister for...

Food manufacturing report gets late, lite govt response

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Albanese government has delayed decisions on productivity-boosting innovation precincts and manufacturing facilities in its overdue response to a parliamentary inquiry into the food and beverage sector that contains...

Australia’s real AI risk is falling behind on skills

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
Australia’s ability to lift productivity from AI will depend less on the technology itself and more on building workforce capability.  With AI adoption accelerating across sectors, the Future Skills...

Suppliers face strict new AI rules in procurement shake-up

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Companies bidding for federal government contracts will soon have to disclose any planned use of artificial intelligence and take responsibility for its output, under new procurement rules set to...

$20m CRC-P grants round for AI research opens

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The federal government’s Cooperative Research Centre-Projects program has opened its latest round, offering up $20 million in grants for projects accelerating AI development and commercialisation. Round 19 of the...

Record round: CRC-P grants deliver $67m to industry

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A record number of projects have received almost $67 million in grants through the latest round of the federal government’s Cooperative Research Centre Projects initiative, while applicants for the...

NewsWrap: Our 2025 Year in Review podcast

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The year started with a tumultuous AI Action Summit in Paris in which Australian policymakers appeared to be caught flat-footed as the US made clear its intention to “unshackle”...