Almost all Australians want the government and businesses to do more to protect their privacy, while the rise of invasive technologies and several high-profile data breaches are creating growing...
Policy
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Locating the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) within the Defence establishment would give the newly created organisation the best chance of delivering not only accelerated “speed to capability”, but...
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The Albanese government has outlined a response to the PwC scandal that will focus on tax agents while wider changes for the consulting sector are considered. But experts say...
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Responsibility for biometrics and identity policy in the federal government, as well as the controversial national facial recognition database that remains non-operational, will move under Attorney General Mark Dreyfus...
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Australia’s regulatory response to artificial intelligence is shaping up as a battleground for the Albanese government, with a divergence of views emerging from its two-month long consultation on the...
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Small businesses feel excluded from Canberra’s “in-crowd” of suppliers and say competition mechanisms — including the Albanese government’s latest attempt — are being overlooked. A new paper reveals the...
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What’s notable about the hype cycle around artificial intelligence at the moment is that it’s not just VCs, tech CEOs and advocates that are making the headlines, governments are...
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The federal government should be handed powers to ban social media providers from operating in Australia if they repeatedly fail to meet minimum transparency requirements, a bipartisan senate committee...
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Australia’s relative decline in economic complexity while disappointing is hardly shocking to many industry stakeholders, although they hasten to add that it is not too late for the country...
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Australia’s international ranking in economic complexity has fallen again, with the country now sat at 93 out of 133 countries in an index produced by Harvard University researchers. The...
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We are bombarded daily with new artificial intelligence applications or hype about the potential of AI and its pitfalls. It’s clear that AI offers significant, transformative potential in almost...
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Private sector suppliers to government have long understood the benefit of using research and data intelligence specialist firms to drag meaningful insights from public sector procurement data. But there...
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Microsoft caused the government “billions of dollars of damage” when it pulled out of Defence and national security work last year but faced no consequences, a Senate inquiry has...
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This week’s appointment of Wayne Swan’s former chief of staff Chris Barrett to head the Productivity Commission puts the annual Trade and Assistance Review it released this month under...