Women working in STEM fields face gender pay gaps worth tens of thousands of dollars a year, some of the highest across the economy, according to newly released data...
Policy
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The New South Wales government has opened a month-long public consultation on its new Innovation Blueprint, which will look to cultivate a more collaborative, less transactional relationship with innovators...
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The Albanese government should consider a tax credit scheme that apes the US Inflation Reduction Act to drive investment in developing renewables to accelerate the energy transition, Fortescue chair...
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A landmark review of higher education is a potential “game changer” for an Australian innovation system that relies heavily on university research. But institutions have expressed doubts about how...
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Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas will join renowned economist and author Mariana Mazzucato on stage at the one-off Melbourne Dinner Forum being held at the Plaza Ballroom on March 13....
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Remember the optimism around the Open Banking revolution and Australia’s new digital data economy opportunity a few years back? It was enthusiastic but fleeting, having bubbled-up somewhere after the...
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Governments must look beyond grant funding to procure cutting edge technology themselves to grow the quantum sector, according to renowned British physicist and professor Sir Peter Knight. Professor Knight,...
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Federal Industry minister Ed Husic and NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey will join renowned economist and author Professor Mariana Mazzucato for the first leg of her speaking tour in Sydney...
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Late last week, OpenAI announced a new generative AI system named Sora, which produces short videos from text prompts. While Sora is not yet available to the public, the...
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At least 130 inquires about investment from the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund were made before a formal application channel was established, with businesses accessing multiple pathways in search...
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Foreign nationals who present an “unreasonable risk of unwanted critical technology knowledge transfer” in areas like artificial intelligence and quantum computing could have their visas cancelled from April under...
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Two signature election commitments that the Albanese government took to the 2022 election were its Buy Australian Plan and the creation of a Future Made in Australia Office. The...
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The latest round of the federal government’s innovation challenge program for startups and small to medium business launched on Monday, offering up to $7.5 million through a staged process...
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The federal government has invited at least three industry associations to participate as ‘observers’ in the work on AI regulation being done by a newly-created Artificial Intelligence Expert Group....