Crossbench senators have called for a significant rework of the federal government’s signature Future Made in Australia plan, setting up a Senate showdown as early as the coming week....
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Industry minister Ed Husic says millions in existing funding for artificial intelligence is available to local firms willing to “step up”, rejecting criticism leveled at the government over its...
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The Albanese government has proposed ten mandatory guardrails for artificial intelligence in high-risk settings as it moves to curb dangers posed by the nascent technology. A standalone Artificial Intelligence...
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Meta is still threatening to block news content on its platforms in Australia, telling lawmakers on Wednesday that all options are “on the table” if the government does try...
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NSW agencies will need to explain why they bypassed local suppliers for significant technology deals under a new ‘if not, why not’ local content rule announced by the Minns...
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Since the April launch of the federal government’s $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia mission, currently the subject of heated debate in parliament, we have been repeatedly told that...
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The Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia agenda is creating real risks to trade and foreign investment while opening the door to pork barrelling and captain’s picks, a Senate...
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Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley leads a cast of researchers, policymakers, venture capitalists and deep technology entrepreneurs at The Industry Papers’ Canberra forum on Wednesday September 11. Dr...
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The Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia agenda has opened a “backdoor” to union corruption and lacks the pace and detail of competing global efforts, business groups claimed on...
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Fewer than a dozen companies secured most of the benefit under Defence’s Global Supply Chain Program in its first 15 years, according to an independent review kept under wraps...
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The Western Australian government has followed other states in offering to tip into private venture capital funds if they back homegrown startups and establish a local presence. The state...
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New South Wales is producing some of the world’s best innovation inputs like research and workforce but is struggling to turn them into outputs like economic growth and productivity....
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Australia missed out on bringing Intel to Australia in the 1990s, but it now has an opportunity to secure access to a frontier technology through PsiQuantum, according to Industry...
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Australia has imposed strict export controls on quantum computing technology for the first time, exposing local industry to onerous new rules and harsh criminal offences that threaten the future...