Joseph Brookes

Federal policymakers must move past notions that Australia's semiconductor industry is tied to mass silicon chip fabrication, the NSW chief scientist said on Wednesday while pushing for a bottom up policy approach.

A seven-year industry led mission to advance additive manufacturing kicked off in Melbourne on Thursday with the launch of a $258 million Cooperative Research Centre. Under an “Australia Makes’ slogan the CRC is starting with nuclear engineering and aerospace partners. Federal funding of $57.5 million gets the newest CRC established and dozens of partners from universities, the CIRO and industry partners like Boeing are set to contribute another $200 million in years to come. The Additive Manufacturing CRC locks in the long term support after beating out other CRCs in the notoriously competitive federal program that was launched by the Hawke government to lift the commercialisation of scientific breakthroughs.

Australia's innovation funding and programs are grossly misaligned with its industrial structure, leading to a nation of inventors focused on

The Albanese government has not completed promised reforms to automated decision-making by federal agencies that the Robodebt royal commission said were urgently needed more than two years ago.

The Minns government will pour $15 million into police tech that can access encrypted devices and digital platforms linked to organised crime as part of a gangland crackdown announced on Monday.

The budget is not being revealed yet and planning remains underway for what could be a complex shift for an agency employing almost 2,000 staff and relying on nationwide infrastructure.

Nation leading rental laws in Victoria are curbing data harvesting and uses exploitation, as renters in other states gets “bare minimum” privacy protections, according to a new report.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has backed down on several parts of an innovation carve out from his capital gains tax overhaul, including removing a lifetime cap on the discount investors can claim for backing young, high risk firms.

Australian Institute for Machine Learning director Professor Simon Lucey has stepped down after six years at the 200 member research institute to lead a new AI venture.