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The $20bn semiconductor choice facing policymakers

Australia’s semiconductor sector could add $5.3 billion to the economy and support more than 10,000 additional jobs by 2040, but only with deliberate policy and funding to address...

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High-risk jobs and base-layer protection: A startup story

Emily Pyke spent 13 years in the Royal Australian Navy wearing protective equipment that was never designed for her body. That’s a common experience for women working not only in...

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We can diagnose a broken innovation system. But can we fix it?

Anyone who has worked in Australian research and innovation policy for more than a decade will recognise the pattern. The Chief Scientist's The Chance to Change report (2000), the...

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Websites go dark as AI-discovered flaw sparks security scramble

Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language sent website operators...

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Pocock floats 5pc data centre levy, ‘patriotic’ procurement

A five per cent levy on the revenues of data centres operating in Australia would help the public capture a share of the “gold rush” in artificial intelligence, independent senator...

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Security agencies’ chilling warning on artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is driving the radicalisation of vulnerable Australians “at rapid speed” and helping plan sophisticated attacks, law enforcement and intelligence agencies...

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Andrew Hastie on building strategic industry capability

The conservative think tank Centre for Independent Studies seemed an unusual place for Andrew Hastie to present a vision for interventionist industrial policy, but we are living in...