Shadow minister for the digital economy Ed Husic has joined with Google Australia and the education charity Schools Plus to support the expansion of a STEM education initiative in...
Skills
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A nation-state was behind the recent cyber attack on the federal Parliament, and the networks of both major parties were also compromised, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed. Speaking...
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Former Industry Minister and Liberal senator Arthur Sinodinos returned to Parliament this week after surviving a battle with cancer, and eager to make a further contribution to the Parliament...
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Federal Labor would work with industry to fix controversial encryption legislation and pass the baseline recommendations of the Parliament’s joint committee on intelligence and security if it elected to...
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has introduced draft Consumer Data Right laws to the Federal Parliament, A structural reform that he says will create competition as well as incentives for entrepreneurs...
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InnovationAus.com started publishing a year before the last federal election, and now we’re staring down the barrel of another. The last time around, innovation policy was seen as a...
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The federal government has launched a new round of Cooperative Research Centre project funding (CRC-P) targeting critical minerals, taking advantage of surging global demand for lithium-ion batteries and other...
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It is one year since the government issued its formal response to the 30 recommendations contained in Innovation and Science Australia’s report, Australia 2030: Prosperity through Innovation. It is...
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The government’s plan to give the research and development tax incentive a $2.4 billion haircut has hit a roadblock, with its own senate committee calling on the legislation to...
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Senate committee’s recommendations for increasing the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia were “shallow and weak”, according to one of the independent senators involved in writing its report. The...
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The CFO of billion-dollar Australian firm Cochlear has urged the federal government to stop “tinkering” with the research and development tax incentive. A public hearing for the senate inquiry...
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As if anyone needed reminding that a federal election looms, a war of words has broken out between the offices of Industry Minister Karen Andrews and shadow human services...
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It has been a long time coming, but global cloud giant Amazon Web Services has been granted ‘Protected’ certification by the Australian Cyber Security Centre, making it easier for...
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The government needs to invest in and support an “enormous” skill shift to help Australians adapt to the future of work, a new Google-commissioned report has found. The report,...