Tag: Department of Industry

$200m Qld battery precinct yet to power up two years on

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Funding for a Queensland battery precinct promised by the Albanese government ahead of the 2022 federal election is yet to materialise more than two years after it was pledged....

AI copyright steering committee appointed

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A group of 20 representatives from industry and academia have been appointed to screen the issues to be contemplated by the federal government’s AI and Copyright References Group. Details...

Taskforce created to set public service guardrails for AI

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new government taskforce has been tasked with forging a set of guardrails for the use of artificial intelligence in the Australian Public Service, as the Albanese government seeks...

First $5bn flows to NRF as the corporation is formalised

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The entity responsible for overseeing the Albanese government’s signature $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund has been formally established, almost six months after the legislation passed through Parliament. The National...

Industry dept cancels $440m in MMI grants

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Almost half the grants offered under the largest stream of the former Morrison government’s flagship manufacturing grants program have been withdrawn by the federal Industry department. In a $440...

Govt AI guidance creates ‘arbiters of acceptable’: AIIA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government guidance developed to provide public servants with a steer on the use of generative artificial intelligence entrusts agencies as the “arbiter of what is acceptable”, according to...

Popular Chinese EV battery less well suited to Australia

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Cheap lithium-iron-phosphate batteries used in most Chinese-manufactured electric vehicles may not be well suited to Australia’s transport needs due to their lower energy density, according to a new report....

Govt to appoint NRF board ‘very soon’: Husic

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The independent board that will have the final say on investments through the Albanese government’s flagship $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is close to being appointed. Industry and science...