Australian government tech procurement practices have fallen out of step with global best practice, leaving local tech companies without the same support enjoyed by international peers. While Australia’s major...
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Tech giants like Meta and X face a European-style duty of care to proactively protect Australian users under an Albanese government plan that could produce legislation by the end...
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The Productivity Commission will look at ways to boost productivity in areas like data and digital technologies and the net zero transition through a series of new inquiries ordered...
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The first recipients of the Albanese government’s quantum challenge program have been unveiled, with 14 consortia sharing in $5.2 million to explore the technology’s potential for sectors like energy,...
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You’ve been thinking about it, been creating excuse after excuse in your mind, justifying how you can leave all the connections you’ve built up. But it has become inexcusable...
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Anthony Albanese has reaffirmed his support for Australia’s $1 billion bet on PsiQuantum and talked up the “enormous advantage” it will give Queensland after the state’s new government said...
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Recently I asked a good friend of mine who works for an artificial intelligence-based company that you’ve almost certainly heard of what questions politicians should be asking about the...
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Lifting investment in technology adoption alongside a research and development drive will deliver a $167 billion productivity windfall, according to the Tech Council of Australia, which on Tuesday called...
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Australia’s leading constitutional law expert Anne Twomey says there is a potential “constitutional problem” with the government’s definition of misinformation and serious harm in proposed laws. Appearing before a...
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A sweeping review of Australia’s faltering research and development system won’t be completed for at least a year, as government and overall R&D investment levels slump to record lows....
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If Australian government, business and defence leaders want another confronting example of 21st century asymmetric capability in innovation ambition and speed of execution, take a look at Chris Power...
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Australia has the potential to become one of the world’s leading suppliers of cancer-fighting cell therapy treatments, but our leadership must make some bold decisions if we are to...
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Australia will move to ban social media for children under the age of 16, with the federal government expected to introduce world-first legislation to Parliament before the end of...
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One of the most cited comments on Australia’s STEM industries is our strength in science, and our lack of strength in commercialisation. This claim is not without foundation. In...