Attorney General Mark Dreyfus on Sunday launched a two-and-a-half week consultation on privacy law reforms to address doxxing, after hundreds of Jewish Australians’ details were published online. The Albanese...
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During a packed event a year ago hosted by Britain’s How To Academy, the celebrated economist Mariana Mazzucato, who is in Australia from March 11-14 on a speaking tour,...
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Influential economist Mariana Mazzucato will urge Australia’s leaders to implement “mission” policy that catalyses public-private partnerships to solve existential challenges like the climate crisis when she arrives in Australia...
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Large businesses that miss gender equality targets will soon be barred from winning government work, as the Albanese government seeks to improve the equity of its suppliers and emerging...
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Local tech and digital services companies have just one more day to participate in the InnovationAus.com SME Procurement Survey 2024. Submissions close at midnight on Friday March 8. At...
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The federal government is considering allowing AI technologies that have already satisfied tough regulatory requirements overseas to be deployed with fewer checks in the Australian market. In an effort...
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The Australian boss of McKinsey has distanced local operations from the firm’s work in China, after a push from US lawmakers to ban the controversial consulting giant from government...
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With just days before renowned economist and author Mariana Mazzucato arrives in Australia for her much anticipated speaking tour, a final release of tickets are now available for premier...
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One of the government’s biggest tech service providers has proposed an annual review of suppliers and says it would welcome new rules and an enforceable code of conduct in...
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What’s in a name, or a term like ‘sovereign capability’? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll recognise it as the term of the moment. It’s seen and...
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The tech sector says it is making progress on upcoming Defence trade controls so dual-use technology development isn’t captured by the toughest rules, as the research sector unites on...
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Australian energy ministers will develop nationally consistent standards and a new regulatory framework for household solar and vehicle-to-grid technologies to help manage the risks, including cybersecurity, of a quickly...
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Experts have urged the Albanese government to not mimic the United States’ $600 billion “protectionist” Inflation Reduction Act and instead focus on industry support that will allow Australia to...
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The Industry department has settled a dozen compensation claims related to the disastrous tender for its flagship innovation program and is bracing for more payouts amid allegations of corruption...