In the 1980s and 1990s, Labor governments under Bob Hawke and Paul Keating confronted an uncomfortable reality: Australia could not drift into prosperity. The old economic settings – protection,...
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Australia’s data centre lobby group on Friday faced pointed questions about its economic benefit and sovereignty claims, as a NSW inquiry cranked scrutiny on the burgeoning sector. Data Centres...
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In April 2024, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and then-Queensland Premier Steven Miles stood beside PsiQuantum founders Jeremy O’Brien and Terry Rudolph to announce a $940 million public stake in...
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The Queensland government has pulled the trigger on a new farming sector innovation fund, deploying $30 million through the state’s sovereign wealth manager with the aim of sparking an...
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The Australian government has said that Meta, Alphabet’s Google and TikTok could face multimillion-dollar charges if they did not negotiate deals to pay local media outlets for news on their...
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Meghan Quinn will step down as the top bureaucrat at the Department of Industry, Science and Resources after four years to become Australia’s new Defence secretary. Ms Quinn will...
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New applicants are being frozen out of the Australian government’s data sovereignty certification scheme for up to a year as Home Affairs works with current providers to tighten rules...
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A “tension and friction” within leadership at the Australian Space Agency bore down on staff morale and performance as the agency struggled to transition to new duties under Labor,...
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Industry minister Tim Ayres on Monday rejected concerns the government’s flagship $15 billion manufacturing fund is being distorted and said it will still meet investment targets despite more than...
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As a former minister for Innovation Industry Science and Research, as well as Higher Education, I welcome the Ambitious Australia (the strategic examination of R&D) final report’s proposition that...
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A majority of Australians would back changes to copyright laws to allow companies like Google, Anthropic and OpenAI to train their models locally, provided creators whose work is used...
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The Albanese government has rejected calls to make platform giants obtain licences and maintain a local presence for potential enforcement action, but will move on dozens of other recommendations...
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The EU’s age verification app for online platforms is ready and will soon be available to use, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday, as member...
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Millions of Australia’s visa applicants could have their social media activity screened during the application process under a Trump-style opposition policy touted as a “red light to radicals” on...