Tag: tim ayres

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...

Australia could become regional AI hub: OpenAI

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia could become a regional hub for AI infrastructure, providing a “low-latency” access corridor to regional partners and new training capacity outside of the United States and Europe, according...

Roy Green to lead Net Zero Authority’s new jobs plan

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Net Zero Economy Authority chief David Shankey has appointed Professor Roy Green to lead the review of its Energy Industry Jobs Plan (EIJP) to meet the 12-month deadline under...

News Wrap: Productivity gets a slot in policy prime-time

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was at the Press Club this week telling Australia that he had instructed the Treasurer Jim Chalmers to convene a special Productivity Roundtable in...

Ayres on Australia’s plan for economy-wide AI capability

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Newly appointed Industry and Innovation minister Tim Ayres has outlined government’s three priorities for artificial intelligence, including strategies to ensure Australia has a stake in the global AI technology...

News Wrap: AI, the workplace, and unions want their say

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry and Innovation minister Tim Ayres gave the opening address at the AFR AI Summit in Sydney this week, telling the business audience that Australia must “lean in” to...

Unions call for federal procurement boycott of Big Tech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
On a day when newly appointed Industry minister Tim Ayres said Australia’s trade unions needed a stronger voice in managing the impact of technology in the workplace, the union...

News Wrap: Tim Ayres is off to a running start

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Just a week after his appointment as the new Minister for Industry and Innovation, Tim Ayres took to the stage this week to set out his agenda – and...