The stalled development of a federal regulatory regime is slowing the adoption of artificial intelligence by Australian businesses, as companies wait to see the extent of mandatory ‘guardrails’. The...
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South Australia is the first state with an assistant minister dedicated to artificial intelligence after the Malinauskas government created a new position in minor ministry changes on Wednesday. Former...
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Rapid developments in AI technology, policy and regulation are complicating Australia’s attempts to put guardrails on the technology. But Industry minister Ed Husic says the government will stay the...
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Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler has been elevated to the shadow cabinet, taking on key technology-related portfolios being vacated by Paul Fletcher, who will leave politics at the looming federal...
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US President Donald Trump’s promise to deliver a national AI plan in just 180 days is a clear signal of the country’s ambitions for the technology, and what’s at...
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An Australian energy system relying on the Coalition’s nuclear power plan would shrink the opportunity for emerging technology like AI and the data centres that power it, the Prime...
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US President Donald Trump has ordered a national plan to “sustain and enhance America’s global AI dominance” within six months, just days after announcing an $800 billion investment in...
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A President Trump order halting funding from America’s $557 billion climate and industry program will be limited to climate change mitigation and electric vehicles programs, the Whitehouse clarified overnight,...
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has secured a $2 billion top-up from the federal government to help households and small businesses lower emissions amid the race to meet 2030...
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The Industry department has commissioned an independent review of the investment process that led to a $940 million deal with California-based PsiQuantum to build the world’s first fault tolerant...
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Industry and union groups will clash in Canberra on Thursday over the government’s attempt to kickstart green hydrogen and minerals processing industries, in a showdown threatening Treasurer Jim Chalmers’...
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As innovation assumes centre stage in national economic strategy, the governance of knowledge-intensive ecosystems has emerged as a critical policy challenge. This is particularly the case with Sydney’s Tech...
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The federal government, tech giants and the Australian Computer Society are stepping in to fund a Canberra based tech policy think tank after university funding for its precursor ran...
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The federal government’s peak advisory body on industrial policy, Industry, Innovation and Science Australia, has not provided published advice since 2023. It has no chair and no deputy chair....