Tag: Scott Morrison

Govt to establish $50m national AI centre

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A new $50 million National Artificial Intelligence Centre will be established within CSIRO and $34 million will be provided to projects using AI to address national challenges as part...

Govt unveils $1.2B digital package

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will spend $500 million on “enhancing” myGov and My Health Record as part of a $1.2 billion funding package aiming to position digital at the centre...

Climate policy gobbledegook costs local industry

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
The Guardian put it beautifully on Saturday when it said that ‘Australian smarts and Chinese industrial might make solar power the cheapest power humanity has seen’. This is the...

CSIRO action and more cash for energy future

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
The federal government and CSIRO have announced new funding and new initiatives to drive research and investment in future energy systems. On Wednesday Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced $540...

Govt to ‘go further’ on digital in budget

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told business leaders to expect more government investment in digital projects and skills development, promising there is “more to come” beyond the $800 million...

Albo pitches renewables revolution

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has told a clean energy summit Australia can’t afford to waste any more time in the transition to renewable energy, hours after the Prime Minister...

SKA telescope gets $387m shot in the arm

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has committed a further $387 million to the massive Square Kilometre Array radio telescope in Western Australia’s Murchison region, including $64 million that will...

National Cabinet developing data-sharing agreement

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Federal and state governments will work on a new intergovernmental agreement on data-sharing, as plans to greatly increase the sharing of public sector-held information continue. The intergovernmental agreement, which...

Boycotting the Industry minister is a terrible idea

Posted on   |  by James Riley
That the tech sector should somehow disengage from industry policy because it is unhappy with Christian Porter’s appointment as the new Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science is a...
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