One of Queensland’s largest super funds will direct $50 million towards innovative startups under a new investment mandate designed to drive productivity. The mandate will see Brighter Super work...
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The federal government’s ambitious data sharing scheme failed to ever get going and must be overhauled, a draft review has found, paving the way for more entities to enter the...
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Big Four consulting giant EY will continue its lucrative data work for the tax office under a new deal worth more than $11 million. The Australian Taxation Office has...
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Australia could reap more than $7 billion each year by reforming uncompetitive R&D tax settings, according to new economic modelling commissioned by the Business Council of Australia, Atlassian and...
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The telecommunications industry’s peak body – Communications Alliance – has unveiled a radical restructure under new chief executive Luke Coleman that sharpens its policy focus on carriers rather than...
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China has said on Saturday that it wants to create an organisation to foster global cooperation on artificial intelligence, positioning itself as an alternative to the US as the...
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Microsoft is investigating whether a leak from its early alert system for cybersecurity companies allowed Chinese hackers to exploit flaws in its SharePoint service before they were patched, according...
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Australian defence manufacturers have received $17.3 million in grants through the latest round of the Defence Industry Development Grants Program to build sovereign industrial capabilities. The grants will help...
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The federal Opposition will await the outcome of a court challenge against the election result in the Sydney seat of Bradfield before appointing a new shadow assistant minister for...
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A sweeping leadership shake-up at the Department of Home Affairs has reshaped its top executive team, cementing a stronger focus on national security, digital infrastructure and multicultural affairs. The...
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Big Tech giants have ratcheted up opposition to Australia’s proposed digital competition regime under the cover of the Albanese government’s productivity push, arguing the new rules will hurt business...
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Large businesses would pay multi-million dollar levies every year to fund basic research in Australia under a radical proposal being put forward by scientists as a response to plummeting...
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There are three names attached to the Trump administration’s newly published AI Action Plan. One is the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the other two are Silicon...
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Federal agencies will gain access to an Australian instance of OpenAI’s GPT-4o as part of a whole-of-government AI service being trialed to accelerate the adoption of AI across the...