The Albanese government is facing growing calls to reveal its regulatory response to artificial intelligence that has been two years in the making, with the extended wait now risking Australia’s competitiveness as innovation-friendly countries move ahead. That’s according to a handful of tech giants, industry bodies and researchers, which have
The Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome in Canberra was the venue for a detailed and surprisingly upbeat briefing on the Horizon Europe research funding program this week. It was ‘surprisingly upbeat’ because, despite Australia not being an active member of the long-running Horizon Europe program, there is growing optimism
A damning audit exposing cybersecurity failings at four of New South Wales’ six local health districts will be kept under wraps until December after the draft report was leaked to the media. The audit examining the effectiveness of local health districts in safeguarding patient data found “systemic non-compliance” with minimum
Work has begun on a voluntary labelling scheme designed to help consumers better understand the cybersecurity risks associated with smart devices and push manufacturers towards adopting more secure-by-design practices. IoT Alliance Australia, the peak industry body for the Internet of Things, will co-design and implement the
One hundred mid-career researchers have received $114.6 million in federal grants through the latest round of the Future Fellowships program, with Victoria and New South Wales receiving the lion’s share of approved projects. The 2025 round of Future Fellowships, announced by the Australian Research Council (ARC)
Australia’s central bank is taking another major step toward a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) with a range of industry partners pursuing projects using real money and assets for the first time. The Reserve Bank of Australia said its “Project Acacia” initiative would test 19 pilot cases involving money
OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet’s market-dominating Google Chrome, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The browser is slated to launch in the coming weeks, three of the people said, and aims to use artificial intelligence to fundamentally change how consumers
Smart Energy Council chief executive John Grimes has urged the federal government to stop “pummelling around the edges” and move swiftly to deploy billions of dollars in green manufacturing support through the National Reconstruction Fund, warning that hesitation risks squandering Australia’s CleanTech development opportunity Speaking at
What a pleasure it is to announce that Australian business legend Catherine Livingstone and Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro have kindly agreed to act as Patrons for the 2025 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence. With a record number of entries submitted for the fifth annual Awards program, judging is now
Australian businesses conducting trade overseas will now be able to communicate with the government legacy systems using APIs, as the effort to streamline regulatory systems gets off the ground. As part of the whole-of-government Simplified Trade Systems reforms, which aim to cut red tape and make the importing and exporting
A new register designed to prevent scammers from impersonating trusted businesses in text messages has hit a roadblock after industry consultations revealed the underpinning standards risked blocking legitimate traffic from overseas. The SMS Sender ID Register was announced last year to combat SMS scams, which have accounted for $9.5 million
The number of customers that use Arm-based chips in data centres has grown to 70,000, a 14-fold increase since 2021, the company says. Under the guidance of chief executive Rene Haas, chip technology maker Arm has been working to expand its business into the PC market and has made substantial
The Albanese government is facing growing calls to reveal its regulatory response to artificial intelligence that has been two years in the making, with the extended wait now risking Australia’s competitiveness as innovation-friendly countries move ahead. That’s according to a handful of tech giants, industry bodies and researchers, which have
The Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome in Canberra was the venue for a detailed and surprisingly upbeat briefing on the Horizon Europe research funding program this week. It was ‘surprisingly upbeat’ because, despite Australia not being an active member of the long-running Horizon Europe program, there is growing optimism
A damning audit exposing cybersecurity failings at four of New South Wales’ six local health districts will be kept under wraps until December after the draft report was leaked to the media. The audit examining the effectiveness of local health districts in safeguarding patient data found “systemic non-compliance” with minimum
Work has begun on a voluntary labelling scheme designed to help consumers better understand the cybersecurity risks associated with smart devices and push manufacturers towards adopting more secure-by-design practices. IoT Alliance Australia, the peak industry body for the Internet of Things, will co-design and implement the
One hundred mid-career researchers have received $114.6 million in federal grants through the latest round of the Future Fellowships program, with Victoria and New South Wales receiving the lion’s share of approved projects. The 2025 round of Future Fellowships, announced by the Australian Research Council (ARC)
Australia’s central bank is taking another major step toward a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) with a range of industry partners pursuing projects using real money and assets for the first time. The Reserve Bank of Australia said its “Project Acacia” initiative would test 19 pilot cases involving money
OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet’s market-dominating Google Chrome, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The browser is slated to launch in the coming weeks, three of the people said, and aims to use artificial intelligence to fundamentally change how consumers
Smart Energy Council chief executive John Grimes has urged the federal government to stop “pummelling around the edges” and move swiftly to deploy billions of dollars in green manufacturing support through the National Reconstruction Fund, warning that hesitation risks squandering Australia’s CleanTech development opportunity Speaking at
What a pleasure it is to announce that Australian business legend Catherine Livingstone and Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro have kindly agreed to act as Patrons for the 2025 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence. With a record number of entries submitted for the fifth annual Awards program, judging is now
Australian businesses conducting trade overseas will now be able to communicate with the government legacy systems using APIs, as the effort to streamline regulatory systems gets off the ground. As part of the whole-of-government Simplified Trade Systems reforms, which aim to cut red tape and make the importing and exporting
A new register designed to prevent scammers from impersonating trusted businesses in text messages has hit a roadblock after industry consultations revealed the underpinning standards risked blocking legitimate traffic from overseas. The SMS Sender ID Register was announced last year to combat SMS scams, which have accounted for $9.5 million
The number of customers that use Arm-based chips in data centres has grown to 70,000, a 14-fold increase since 2021, the company says. Under the guidance of chief executive Rene Haas, chip technology maker Arm has been working to expand its business into the PC market and has made substantial
