Tag: productivity

Senate inquiry backs adding ATO data to CDR

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry and Joseph Brookes
A Senate inquiry into productivity has called for new laws to bring the Tax Office into Australia’s consumer data-sharing regime, giving banks the power to verify borrowers and stamp...

South Australia chases OpenAI investment with new MoU

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A new partnership between South Australia and OpenAI could clear the way for fresh research collaborations, data centre investment and a skills makeover for the state’s public service. The...

ARENA turns to tech to save solar mission

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia must make major changes to how large-scale solar projects are built and connected if their wholesale power prices are to hit a long sought price target, the federal...

SA budget pledges $50m for R&D fund in productivity push

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Malinauskas government will tip $50 million into a new research and development accelerator fund in pursuit of a tech-led productivity boost, pledging to build new research institutes as...

From compliance to citizen value: Productivity in government

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
Australia’s productivity debate has spent much of the past year circling the familiar territories of skills, technology adoption and the slow grind of reform. But as artificial intelligence moves...

SERD response key to productivity fix, inquiry told

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Rapid reform of the research and development landscape and better-targeted uptake of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence are needed to boost Australia’s flatlining productivity rates, a Canberra inquiry has...