Joseph Brookes

The Australian Federal Police are exploring new powers that would allow officers to disrupt online chat rooms suspected of radicalising or recruiting individuals, and outlaw sadistic online instructions.

The draft roadmap for Australia's next generation of shared research infrastructure has flagged better translation pathways, industry access and a national push on high performance computing.

“Black box” automation without overrides has led to unfair support outcomes for older Australians and is destroying public confidence in the aged care system, a Commonwealth Ombudsman review has found.

Spanish ship builder Navantia will make Melbourne its regional hub for underwater technology research and development after receiving support from the state's $150 million industry and innovation fund.

A Coalition government would unwind Labor's flagship industry fund and production incentives for green hydrogen, aluminium and critical minerals in a savings drive aimed at taming inflation and offsetting its own tax reform.

Australia's $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is beginning to bear financial fruit, with figures to be released on Wednesday showing its general portfolio achieved a return rate of 7.7 per cent last financial year.

The government could replace its innovation carve out from capital gains tax changes with a flat 40 per cent discount across the board for non-property assets and still raise similar revenue, analysis shows.

Health and ageing officials wrongly advised stakeholders that decisions by its controversial aged care assessment algorithm could be overridden for more than a year after the Albanese government ruled out the safeguard.

Former Rio Tinto Australia boss Kellie Parker has been tapped to head the new agency responsible for keeping Defence procurements on track and building up local supply capability.

Universities say research work will be one of the main casualties of a $2 billion revenue hit from declining international students forecast by the government on Friday.