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A war chest emerges for the re-industrialisation of Australia

With Australia now set on a path of intensive re-industrialisation and tens of billions of targeted investment dollars being readied for deployment, attention has turned to identifying areas of...

Generative AI banned from research grant assessments

10 July 2023 | by Brandon How

The Australian Research Council has banned grant assessors from using generative AI tools in their assessment activities just days after reports emerged that ChatGPT had been used in assessor...

‘Unacceptable risk’: Public servants warned on generative AI use

7 July 2023 | by Brandon How

Public servants have been warned that using generative artificial intelligence tools for service delivery and decision-making poses “an unacceptable risk to government” in new advice from the Digital Transformation...

New parliamentary office would improve tech policy: Violi

7 March 2023 | by Brandon How

A parliamentary technological assessment office to enhance and coordinate Australian tech policy should be established, according to digital economy observer and Liberal backbencher Aaron Violi. In an interview with...

Govt to expand telco data access for police to find missing people

10 November 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Police and emergency services will be able to more easily access telecommunications data to triangulate the location of missing persons under legislation being proposed by the federal government. The...

Victoria commits to 95% renewables target by 2035

20 October 2022 | by Brandon How

The Victorian Labor government will introduce a 95 per cent renewables target for 2035 alongside $1 billion in investment to build state-controlled renewable energy projects, if it is successfully...

Food processing and supply chain resilience added to Industry portfolio

17 October 2022 | by Brandon How

Industry Minister Ed Husic has been handed two additional policy priorities following a reallocation of executive responsibilities among ministers through an Administrative Arrangements Order. Responsibility for food and beverage...

Six ways governments drive innovation, and how they can help post-pandemic resilience

18 July 2022 | by Alicia Cameron

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the global economy, with the total cost likely to exceed US$12.5 trillion dollars according to International Monetary Fund estimates. At...

Reboot the Regional Communications Fund: ACCAN

6 July 2022 | by Brandon How

The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network wants the new federal government to re-establish the regions-focused Communications Fund, in part to respond to estimates that there around 900,000 households without...

Ex-procurement expert leads grassroots WA innovation quest

22 June 2022 | by Brandon How

After 18 months in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, parliamentary newcomer Christine Tonkin has made it her mission to listen to the needs of industry, and is expecting to...

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A war chest emerges for the re-industrialisation of Australia

Generative AI banned from research grant assessments

‘Unacceptable risk’: Public servants warned on generative AI use

New parliamentary office would improve tech policy: Violi

Govt to expand telco data access for police to find missing people

Victoria commits to 95% renewables target by 2035

Food processing and supply chain resilience added to Industry portfolio

Six ways governments drive innovation, and how they can help post-pandemic resilience

Reboot the Regional Communications Fund: ACCAN

Ex-procurement expert leads grassroots WA innovation quest

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