All nine recommendations from a NSW procurement inquiry will be supported by the Minns government, including more consideration of retained economic benefit and an easier path for small suppliers...
Policy
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Ecosystems – networks of interconnected public and private organisations, researchers, investors, policymakers, and other stakeholders – are critical to the growth of new technologies and the creation of new...
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Social media giants like Facebook and X are “vast surveillance” operations that collect, trade and hold troves of people’s data, the US consumer and competition watchdog has found after...
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Of all the policy presentations at The Industry Papers forum last week, the one that touched a raw nerve was about the Australian Public Service, with a call to...
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Globally and at home, discussions about what the world will need to look like by 2050 are becoming ever more prevalent – the future of industries, the knowledge economy,...
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With so little government investment into artificial intelligence research to unlock economic advantage, Australia has become an “AI cargo cult” waiting for ‘magical’ new products and services to be...
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Despite a high proportion of globally ranked universities, Australia’s research impact, business R&D investment, and proportion of R&D expenditure relative to GDP, remains low. The contribution of the higher...
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A nation’s industrial policy significantly influences its innovation capabilities, industrial competitiveness, and the well-being of its citizens. The Future Made in Australia Act (FMiA) is an industrial policy that...
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The NSW government’s slow-moving innovation blueprint is creating uncertainty in the startup capital, according to the opposition, which says entrepreneurs and investors need policy certainty to thrive. Industry and...
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If we want a future made in Australia, we will have to vote for it at the next federal election says Senator Tim Ayres, the newly appointed Assistant Minister...
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The inaugural chief executive of the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation, Ivan Power, has stepped down less than a year into the role. His departure for health reasons has opened...
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New misinformation legislation will insert a bigger regulatory backstop into the struggling industry-led model and set a “high threshold” for the type of mis- and disinformation that digital platforms...
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The Western Australian government should consider setting an official target for the state’s research and development expenditure, a ten-month parliamentary innovation inquiry has recommended. But it could not agree...
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Strengthening Australia’s quantum ecosystem, building an export focused biosecurity sector, AI investment, location-based data services and planning for data centre energy demands are key topics for The Industry Papers...