Before Joe Hockey’s access card project spectacularly blew up he was able to convince Cabinet colleagues with a promise to deliver the Howard government its services white whale. Cabinet...
Policy
When the government is under pressure, Paul Keating used to say, “you have to flick the switch to vaudeville”. It’s a great line but hardly an option for the...
Australia’s new AI safety institute risks being left without the top tier experts needed to carry out its work if the government saddles it with heavy bureaucratic processes, according...
Alphabet’s Google, Meta Platforms, Netflix, Microsoft and Amazon will not face heavy-handed regulations in Europe’s digital rule overhaul despite calls from telecoms companies, people with direct knowledge of the...
Companies vying for large slices of the $23 billion Future Made in Australia program will need to have union friendly policies, community engagement plans and publicly show their tax...
Australia led the developed world in quantum computing investment by government over the four years to 2024, with its public spending surpassing every other OECD nation, an international report...
Moderate Liberal MLC Jacqui Munro will take on the science and technology portfolio in a new-look NSW shadow ministry after being promoted in a reshuffle ahead of next year’s...
Happy New Year, dear readers! For those of you who are back on the tools, we hope you have had a rejuvenating break and are readying for a huge...
It will surprise absolutely no-one that the common themes among this year’s Summer Reading recommendations are artificial intelligence and geopolitical risk, with a sprinkling of re-industrialisation. The only surprise...
The year started with a tumultuous AI Action Summit in Paris in which Australian policymakers appeared to be caught flat-footed as the US made clear its intention to “unshackle”...