Tag: tim ayres

Former SA deputy premier appointed to CSIRO board

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Three senior scientists have been appointed to the boards of the national science and nuclear agencies as the federal government pushes ahead with the “reprioritisation and refocusing” of their...

NRF gets new priority focus as global shocks bite

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has designated industrial manufacturing and critical supply chains as a new priority area for the National Reconstruction Fund, marking the first update to its priorities since...

Canberra strikes AI safety pact with Anthropic

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
US artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has entered an AI safety and research pact with the Albanese government, making Australia the latest in a small group of nations to formalise...

Great expectations: Data centres in the firing line

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has been a busy couple of weeks for the Industry portfolio. The Strategic Examination of R&D landed, the government announced it would join the $155 billion Horizon Europe...

‘I’m ambitious for reform’: Tim Ayres talks up R&D

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Industry minister Tim Ayres has given the strongest signal yet that the federal government intends to take a more strategic, coordinated approach to Australia’s R&D system. But he has...

Activist industrial policy, but with a blind-spot for AI

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry minister Tim Ayres’ first National Press Club address was a full-throated argument in support of “activist industrial policy” as core to economic policy and economic resilience. The minister...

Policy or perish: Two years to grab AI boom, Deloitte says

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia has just two years to lock in the policy settings and investment capital it will need to reap transformational economic benefits from an international artificial intelligence boom, a...

Science Meets Parliament now meets the economy

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Science and Technology Australia aims to drive commercialisation and productivity outcomes through closer connections between science and business with a new national leadership initiative to be unveiled at its...