December 2024
Time to reverse the R&D slide
I encourage everyone with an interest in our long-term prosperity to engage with the review of the system so we get the best possible recommendations.
May 2024
Corporate tax reform needs to be on the table, says Husic
This is an edited and abridged transcript of a speech followed by a question and answer session given by Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic at The Australian Financial Review AI Summit.
September 2023
AI can help nation be more productive
Opinions are divided on regulating artificial intelligence’s growth and management. But we will need new laws to build trust and harness productivity gains.
June 2023
It’s too easy to forget AI can be used for good
Our government knows that getting a fit-for-purpose framework in place for the safe use of AI technologies will deliver huge economic and social dividends.
May 2021
All (tech) talk, no walk at budget time
At the heart of Coalition innovation policy is a yawning absence of enduring commitment to the vital role these sectors will play in Australia’s future.
September 2020
Conrovia here we come, time to look forward after NBN backflip
Imagine how the wasted $12.5 billion of the Coalition version of the NBN could have been invested, if the party had not been beholden to the hard right.
November 2019
Without funding the government's AI plan is too little too late
The Morrison government must massively lift national AI investment if its plans to harness the benefits of this technology are ever to eventuate.