Outgoing Liberal MP Paul Fletcher has bid farewell to federal parliament, using his final speech to reflect on the importance of science and technology as a driver of human...
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A $179 billion AI investment has put France “back in the game”, French President Emmanuel Macron has told a global summit in Paris while pitching lighter touch regulation, more...
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the federal government is focused on the “huge gains on offer” from artificial intelligence and “not just the guardrails”, in a sign that its priorities...
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The Commonwealth Ombudsman is investigating the cancellation of income support payments after advocates warned technology glitches and slowdowns had exposed a broken system and that some cancellations were unlawful....
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The Employment department has apologised for a string of tech issues that have frustrated and confused jobseekers over the last fortnight as reporting requirements were kept on hold. While...
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US President Donald Trump has abandoned an executive order placing safety obligations on the developers of artificial intelligence systems, cutting red tape for his Big Tech backers on his...
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I have seen diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) move from the fringes of corporate consciousness to the mainstream, and worryingly, now risks being sidelined as just another ‘trend’. With...
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DXC Technology has secured $14.7 million for another four years of work on a secure data management system it developed for the federal government’s price setter for public health...
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Treasury-proposed reforms that aim to protect consumers from subscription traps should be re-scoped as they could inadvertently disadvantage consumers, according to the Tech Council of Australia. In a submission...
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Government support for industry-developed micro-credentials can reverse a decline in productivity growth and should be prioritised by government, according to one of the Parliament’s emerging leaders on technology and...
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Services Australia still doesn’t have the legislative authority to re-commence the use of automated systems to support the processing of welfare claims 20 months since they were paused, according...
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Just days out from the United States presidential election last month, X (formerly Twitter) suddenly crippled the ability of many major media and political organisations to reach audiences on...
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The global AI race is fully taking shape. Billions have been invested by leading frontier AI developers like OpenAI in the United States and Huawei in China. Beyond Washington...
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Australia will set broad limits on anticompetitive behaviour by big tech companies under a proposed framework that could impose penalties of up to $50 million, more than two years...