Australia should be ambitious about creating local AI models and building the tools and applications that will run on them, assistant minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy Andrew Charlton says. While there is a public focus right now on attracting a share of the billions being invested globally
The NSW government’s keenly awaited plan for Tech Central sets a long-term vision and outcomes for Australia’s biggest innovation district, but offers no hard targets and few details on where $38.5 million in state support is heading. New commitments revealed on Wednesday include new coordinated leadership, economic growth, talent building
Australia’s fintech industry is entering what its leaders describe as a pivotal moment, as new Deloitte research putting the sector’s contribution at more than $22 billion annually — around 1.3 per cent of GDP and supporting 98,000 jobs. Opening the Intersekt 2025 conference in Melbourne on
ASX-listed counter-drone company DroneShield on Wednesday announced two new contracts worth A$7.9 million with the US Department of Defense, pushing its global deployment past 4,000 systems. The orders cover handheld drone-detection devices, including Australian-made RfPatrols, and add to a series of repeat purchases by the Pentagon.
Software owned by Australia’s biggest banks is being tested as a way to comply with a teen social media ban that begins in December, people involved in the process said, potentially involving the country’s financial sector in the world-first regulatory crackdown. ConnectID is an identity verification tool owned by Australia’s top
Each year an estimated 20 million metric tons of plastic ends up in the environment, and this is expected to increase substantially in the coming decades. This is on the back of about 460 million metric tons of plastic being produced every year, according to the International Union
Australia’s emerging low carbon liquid fuels industry is set to start producing ‘drop in’ alternatives to fossil fuels like sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel by the end of the decade with the help of $1.1 billion in grants from the Albanese government. The grants will come from a new
Australia should consider allowing foreign tech firms to build and operate data centres that would exist outside the reach of national laws, according to Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council chair Scott Farquhar. The “digital embassies” could be the only way Australia secures a bigger chunk of the surging global data
The “reasonable steps” social media companies must take to keep children off their platforms do not include verifying the age of each user or minimum levels of accuracy, regulatory guidelines released three months out from the ban show. The guidelines published by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner on Tuesday
Shadow Communications Minister Melissa McIntosh has warned that Australia is falling behind on the basics of communications sovereignty, urging the federal government to bolster Australian ownership and control over critical parts of the system or risk losing control of our digital future. “It is time to lead,” Ms McIntosh said
NSW Premier Chris Minns has thrown his weight behind Tech Council of Australia calls for rule changes that would enable a greater share of superannuation funds to be invested in venture capital. Speaking at the National Tech Summit in Sydney on Tuesday, Mr Minns said the tech sector was already
Ambassadors, government officials and business leaders will meet in Seoul this week as part of a pitch for South Korean investment in Australia’s critical and emerging industries, including artificial intelligence. Despite strong trade ties and a near 50-year relationship between the nations’ business councils, South Korea’s investment in Australia is
Australia should be ambitious about creating local AI models and building the tools and applications that will run on them, assistant minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy Andrew Charlton says. While there is a public focus right now on attracting a share of the billions being invested globally
The NSW government’s keenly awaited plan for Tech Central sets a long-term vision and outcomes for Australia’s biggest innovation district, but offers no hard targets and few details on where $38.5 million in state support is heading. New commitments revealed on Wednesday include new coordinated leadership, economic growth, talent building
Australia’s fintech industry is entering what its leaders describe as a pivotal moment, as new Deloitte research putting the sector’s contribution at more than $22 billion annually — around 1.3 per cent of GDP and supporting 98,000 jobs. Opening the Intersekt 2025 conference in Melbourne on
ASX-listed counter-drone company DroneShield on Wednesday announced two new contracts worth A$7.9 million with the US Department of Defense, pushing its global deployment past 4,000 systems. The orders cover handheld drone-detection devices, including Australian-made RfPatrols, and add to a series of repeat purchases by the Pentagon.
Software owned by Australia’s biggest banks is being tested as a way to comply with a teen social media ban that begins in December, people involved in the process said, potentially involving the country’s financial sector in the world-first regulatory crackdown. ConnectID is an identity verification tool owned by Australia’s top
Each year an estimated 20 million metric tons of plastic ends up in the environment, and this is expected to increase substantially in the coming decades. This is on the back of about 460 million metric tons of plastic being produced every year, according to the International Union
Australia’s emerging low carbon liquid fuels industry is set to start producing ‘drop in’ alternatives to fossil fuels like sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel by the end of the decade with the help of $1.1 billion in grants from the Albanese government. The grants will come from a new
Australia should consider allowing foreign tech firms to build and operate data centres that would exist outside the reach of national laws, according to Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council chair Scott Farquhar. The “digital embassies” could be the only way Australia secures a bigger chunk of the surging global data
The “reasonable steps” social media companies must take to keep children off their platforms do not include verifying the age of each user or minimum levels of accuracy, regulatory guidelines released three months out from the ban show. The guidelines published by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner on Tuesday
Shadow Communications Minister Melissa McIntosh has warned that Australia is falling behind on the basics of communications sovereignty, urging the federal government to bolster Australian ownership and control over critical parts of the system or risk losing control of our digital future. “It is time to lead,” Ms McIntosh said
NSW Premier Chris Minns has thrown his weight behind Tech Council of Australia calls for rule changes that would enable a greater share of superannuation funds to be invested in venture capital. Speaking at the National Tech Summit in Sydney on Tuesday, Mr Minns said the tech sector was already
Ambassadors, government officials and business leaders will meet in Seoul this week as part of a pitch for South Korean investment in Australia’s critical and emerging industries, including artificial intelligence. Despite strong trade ties and a near 50-year relationship between the nations’ business councils, South Korea’s investment in Australia is
