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AI Act needed to protect human rights: HRC

Australia urgently needs an AI Act and a dedicated regulator, the Australian Human Rights Commission is warning, two years after its landmark research with similar recommendations was ignored by...

‘Could not deliver’: Husic defends MMI grants decision

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Industry minister Ed Husic has defended his department’s decision to withdraw $442 million in grants announced under the former government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative, saying tough “decisions had to be...

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offered under the largest stream of the former Morrison government’s flagship manufacturing grants program have been withdrawn by the federal Industry department.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...

Way forward on AI regulation divides Australia

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s regulatory response to artificial intelligence is shaping up as a battleground for the Albanese government, with a divergence of views emerging from its two-month long consultation on the...

$50m in CRC grants for quantum, turbines and chicken research

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Chicken breeding, quantum computing and wind turbine recycling are among 24 projects sharing in $50 million of funding from the federal government’s long running industry-led research program. To be...

$392m Industry Growth Program opens for consultation

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government has opened the consultation process on its $392 million Industry Growth Program, a new early-stage commercialisation initiative to bridge the ‘valley of death’ facing young SMEs working...

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...