Tag: Ed Husic

Tech projects and consultants to feel the heat in 2024

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A bevy of government tech projects, procurements and landmark legislation will go under the microscope in 2024, as the Albanese government pledges better outcomes in the last full year...

Australia 2024: Before renewal, there must be a reckoning

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
This time next year, will we define 2024 as a year of renewal or reckoning for Australian industry and innovation policy, action, and output? The federal government, entering the...

Law reform for high-risk AI on the way

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia will have mandatory safeguards for high-risk artificial intelligence use like autonomous vehicles and healthcare but make little to no intervention for low-risk use like filtering spam emails under...

Slow NRF ‘not meeting expectations’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government’s flagship industry support program has received hundreds of approaches for investment despite lacking a formal application process, months after it was declared “open for business”. The...

MYEFO withholds funding detail for quantum strategy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government has withheld funding details for the country’s first-ever quantum strategy due to “commercial sensitivities”, fueling speculation that it is in the market for a quantum computer....

Govt gets moving on $17m plan for AI uptake centres

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government will fund artificial intelligence centres across the country to help businesses adopt the technology, reviving a three-year-old plan with a more targeted approach. $17 million in...

Foreign companies with Aust operations will be eligible for NRF

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Foreign companies will be eligible for investments, loans and guarantees through the National Reconstruction Fund, Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has confirmed, following last week’s launch of the...