A bottom-up approach to AI ethics should be adopted across the Australian government, according to an expert adviser to the Biden Administration, who says public servants must be empowered...
Policy
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In the absence of standardised reporting and regulatory frameworks for measuring and reducing carbon emissions resulting from large data centre operations, Australian sovereign cloud provider Vault Cloud has developed...
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Two former bureaucrats, including an ex-competition watchdog boss, will lead an independent review of Australian export control laws that will contemplate the need for greater freedoms to share technology...
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The world as we know it has changed. Recent extraordinary events, from the COVID pandemic and natural disasters to supply-chain dysfunction caused by trade tensions, inflation, and war, means...
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Opposition services minister Paul Fletcher says the Digital Transformation Agency’s role has been diminished as part of a backwards step on government technology and digital services that will need...
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The National Reconstruction Fund is about to deploy $15 billion into the types of deep technologies capable of safeguarding our future economy. Yet this $15 billion is just the...
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The carbon footprint of the federal government’s vast technology estate should be measured as a first step toward incentivising agencies to redirect billions in spending to energy-efficient clouds and...
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Technology companies that are spun-out from deep-pocketed universities should not be an investment focus for the National Reconstruction Fund, according to former Victorian minister for small business, innovation and...
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Australia risks an exodus of artificial intelligence capability and investment if new technology-specific regulations are introduced and the country’s existing copyright regime is tightened, the Tech Council of Australia...
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Clean energy, data and digital technologies will be key parts of the Albanese government’s response to an intergenerational report forecasting continued challenges to productivity and Australian innovation. Treasurer Jim...
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Australia’s eSafety regulator is working to have online safety standards that will force tech giants to scan cloud storage services for illegal and harmful internet content in place before...
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Australia’s competition policy is going under the microscope at Treasury with the support of an outside taskforce, after warnings ineffective merger laws and digital platforms are dragging on productivity....
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Industry and Science minister Ed Husic will use a landmark speech on Wednesday to stitch together the component parts of new thinking on industrial policy that turns 40 years...
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The Australian Information Industry Association has thrown its weight behind a backbench proposal for a Technology Assessment Office to help policymakers better understand the impact that emerging technologies could...