Tag: EU

$22m global green industry program opens

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A new $22 million grant program for Australian and Austrian companies developing technologies that decarbonise hard-to-abate industries has opened to applicants. The Australia – Austria Industrial Decarbonisation Demonstration Partnerships...

World’s first AI Act passes final hurdle

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The world’s first legislative regime on the use and development of AI has passed its final hurdle in the European Parliament, three months after it received provisional agreement. The...

EU takes crucial step toward world-first AI regulation

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The world’s first AI regulatory regime has moved closer to reality following provisional agreement on draft legislation between the European Council presidency and European Parliament negotiators, while the wait...

EU mandates green hydrogen use by industry

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The European Union has introduced a renewable hydrogen mandate that will require industry to procure 42 per cent of its hydrogen from renewable fuels, opening a large potential market...

Meta fined record $2bn by EU data regulators

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Meta has been fined nearly $2 billion by European regulators and ordered to stop transferring the personal Facebook data of EU citizens back to the US in a landmark...

ACCC monitors $37b European lawsuit facing Google

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A $37 billion lawsuit facing Google in the EU and UK over alleged anticompetitive conduct in digital advertising is being monitored by the Australian competition regulator as it finalises...

ACCC ‘closely’ monitors Amazon’s EU antitrust issues

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Amazon is offering to halt the online selling and marketing practices in Europe that regulators allege are anti-competitive, hoping to bring an end to a two-year investigation and avoid...