Tag: Productivity Commission

AI won’t drive productivity without targeted govt policy

Posted on   |  by Dr Marina Yue Zhang
Productivity Commission chief Danielle Wood is right to describe artificial intelligence as a “general-purpose technology” in the mold of electricity, the internal combustion engine, or the internet. Where she...

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...

We need a clear roadmap on AI, not infighting

Posted on   |  by Aaron Violi
Australia’s AI future is uncertain, because Anthony Albanese’s government cannot provide regulatory clarity on our nation’s AI path forward. We know AI presents the single greatest opportunity in a...

Privacy commissioner hits back at PC’s privacy retreat

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s privacy commissioner says walking back long-overdue privacy reforms and loosening existing laws after a years-long push to strengthen them would be like “throwing out the baby with the...

PC push to give teachers ‘equitable access’ to AI, edtech tools

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
The Productivity Commission is calling for a nationally coordinated rollout of artificial intelligence and other education technologies to school teachers to help ease workloads, personalise learning and improve student...

PC wants stay on AI rules to unlock $116bn

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
AI will add $116 billion to the Australian economy over the next decade by making workers more productive, according to the Productivity Commission, which has urged the government to...

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...