Tag: National Press Club

Bragg pushes tax minimisation clampdown on big tech

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Opposition frontbencher Andrew Bragg has put tech multinationals in the crosshairs of a future Coalition clampdown on tax minimisation, saying past efforts by his party to stop companies offshoring...

Pauline Hanson harvests voters’ AI job loss fears

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Pauline Hanson at the National Press Club this week drew a direct line between weak regulation of artificial intelligence and job losses. It doesn’t really matter whether you agree...

Activist industrial policy, but with a blind-spot for AI

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry minister Tim Ayres’ first National Press Club address was a full-throated argument in support of “activist industrial policy” as core to economic policy and economic resilience. The minister...

Dark times call for industrial resilience: Tim Ayres

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A day after European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen painted a dire portrait of growing geopolitical uncertainty, Industry minister Tim Ayres will outline federal plans for increasing industrial...

Toby Walsh: Can Australia meet the AI moment?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is not enough for Australia to rely on the business sector to drive AI investment, according to UNSW scientia professor Toby Walsh. For Australia to take full advantage...

Productivity tsar hoses down sovereign AI support hopes

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Productivity Commission says artificial intelligence will be as transformative electricity, the internal combustion engine and the Internet, but is not convinced sovereign AI development should be targeted by...