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CSIRO tackles AI investment failure with new guide

CSIRO tackles AI investment failure with new guide

The CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has released a guide to help organisations plan and invest in the right artificial intelligence (AI) projects to avoid costly failures. Organisations are under pressure to do ‘something with AI’, with global investment in the technology projected to reach $980 billion by 2028. But
Evidence and Implementation Summit 2025

Evidence and Implementation Summit 2025

With inequity and misinformation growing worldwide, we urgently need to close the gap between what we know (from research) and what we do (in policy and practice). The Evidence and Implementation Summit is a leading event that bridges the worlds of policy, research and practice – to improve the lives
Leaders weigh up landmark Yoorrook truth-telling report

Leaders weigh up landmark Yoorrook truth-telling report

A state government is under pressure to adopt a redress scheme for the post-colonisation pain and suffering of Aboriginal people. The Yoorrook Justice Commission’s final reports were tabled in Victorian parliament on Tuesday, handing down 100 recommendations across five volumes. Premier Jacinta Allan said the government would carefully consider the ...
NSW public servants reap 3% July pay bump

NSW public servants reap 3% July pay bump

The weather may be miserable, the days short and cold, but for around 100,000 New South Wales public servants, it’s a case of Christmas in July and a happy new financial year, as the 3% cash bump secured during last year’s bargaining starts hitting bank accounts. It’s the second effective
Deputy PM’s staff take industrial action in the UK

Deputy PM’s staff take industrial action in the UK

UK Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG) staff are taking industrial action in response to office closures and the deletion of location-neutral recruitment. Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) members at 21 MHCLG offices nationwide began indefinite industrial action short of a strike yesterday. The union voted for

CSIRO tackles AI investment failure with new guide

CSIRO tackles AI investment failure with new guide
The CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has released a guide to help organisations plan and invest in the right artificial intelligence (AI) projects to avoid costly failures. Organisations are under pressure to do ‘something with AI’, with global investment in the technology projected to reach $980 billion by 2028. But

Evidence and Implementation Summit 2025

Evidence and Implementation Summit 2025
With inequity and misinformation growing worldwide, we urgently need to close the gap between what we know (from research) and what we do (in policy and practice). The Evidence and Implementation Summit is a leading event that bridges the worlds of policy, research and practice – to improve the lives

Leaders weigh up landmark Yoorrook truth-telling report

Leaders weigh up landmark Yoorrook truth-telling report
A state government is under pressure to adopt a redress scheme for the post-colonisation pain and suffering of Aboriginal people. The Yoorrook Justice Commission’s final reports were tabled in Victorian parliament on Tuesday, handing down 100 recommendations across five volumes. Premier Jacinta Allan said the government would carefully consider the ...

NSW public servants reap 3% July pay bump

NSW public servants reap 3% July pay bump
The weather may be miserable, the days short and cold, but for around 100,000 New South Wales public servants, it’s a case of Christmas in July and a happy new financial year, as the 3% cash bump secured during last year’s bargaining starts hitting bank accounts. It’s the second effective

Deputy PM’s staff take industrial action in the UK

Deputy PM’s staff take industrial action in the UK
UK Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG) staff are taking industrial action in response to office closures and the deletion of location-neutral recruitment. Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) members at 21 MHCLG offices nationwide began indefinite industrial action short of a strike yesterday. The union voted for