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Neural Notes: AI noticeably absent from the 2025 budget

The 2025 budget papers didn't have a single line item about AI, despite continued hype and regulatory framework still being up in the air.

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The AI productivity revolution is coming — what can Australia do to ensure workers benefit equally?

If businesses only see AI as a cost-cutting tool, society risks missing out on its real benefits — that's why AI investment should be focused on improving how people and technology work together, not just on cutting jobs.

US looks to invest billions in AI data centres. Australia may miss out

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. New York: Australia is well positioned to share in hundreds of billions of dollars in US artificial intelligence investment but faces roadblocks in the form of restrictive copyright laws and ...

ATO accepts ANAO's AI governance recommendations

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced the Australian National Audit Office's (ANAO) report on the Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It agrees to all seven recommendations in the report to bolster ethical decision-making and data integrity.

Employers push back against AI workplace rules

Government should mandate "meaningful consultation and transparency with workers" around AI's use in the workplace, the committee said, while "empowering the Fair Work Commission to manage the dispute resolution process" around "excessive and unreasonable surveillance".

Aussie AI, clean energy inventions need urgent funding

Changing tax incentives, creating a spending target, and helping businesses work with researchers could help Australia make breakthroughs the world needs.

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Regional to global: how Aussie hub is unlocking AI advances for APAC

When global technology company Endava sought to expand its Asia-Pacific presence, it looked for a partner with both technical expertise and deep regional roots.

Artificial intelligence, autism and child protection in focus as Peter Malinauskas reshuffles cabinet

A new artificial intelligence portfolio and changes to the Child Protection Minister's responsibilities have been revealed in a reshuffle of the Malinauskas government cabinet.