One of Australia’s most esteemed scientists says he would be jailed for continuing his current research on semiconductors and nanotechnology under the government’s planned changes to defence trade controls....
Policy
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Changes to export controls on defence products and services are a disaster for local deep-tech companies making dual-use products that have applications in both the defence and civilian commercial...
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The Albanese government has pushed back controversial legislation to bring more oversight and enforcement against online information until next year to better define terms and add a carve out...
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The AI revolution arrived later than I expected but has had a more immediate impact than I had imagined too. I remember the moment I realised just how transformative...
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The Albanese government has quietly approached a small number of local and foreign quantum computing firms for information about their offerings as part of an accelerated plan to acquire...
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has issued the Productivity Commission its first ever statement of expectations, requiring the 25-year-old institution to take a “broader perspective” on policy by factoring in emerging...
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Back in August, just after the announcement of the National Reconstruction Fund Board, Industry and Science minister Ed Husic reminded us that “policy is shaped by the times it...
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The Perrottet government secretly gutted its flagship innovation program within months of announcing it last year, while also slashing the budget of the department that was charged with developing...
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Ask pretty much any Australian company commercialising a dual-use technology and they will tell you there is yawning policy gap between the Industry portfolio and the Defence portfolio that...
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The New South Wales government has raised the threshold for agencies to procure directly from smaller businesses as it seeks more fundamental changes to the current devolved procurement model...
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The reset of New South Wales innovation policy will get underway early next year at an ideas summit for industry, universities and all levels of government. Collaboration, diversity and...
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There is no net zero without a dramatic reduction in emissions from concrete production. While Australia has exceptional capabilities in this area, the challenge will be in creating the...
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Australia’s industrial policy must be “recast and modernised” to take advantage of the global energy transition, the Treasurer said on Thursday, while promising a new “uniquely Australian” plan that...
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President Joe Biden’s executive order on AI regulation announced on Monday in the US fairly gazumped the Global AI Safety Summit being hosted by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...