Industry plan offers $400 million to rescue ‘missing middle’ companies

Industry plan offers $400 million to rescue ‘missing middle’ companies

Australian companies are shrinking or stagnating when they try to join the ranks of the nation’s biggest employers,spurring the federal government to help them commercialise ideas.

  • byDavid Crowe

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Husic says Terminator scenario unlikely as Australia signs up to AI pact

Husic says Terminator scenario unlikely as Australia signs up to AI pact

The science minister said people use technology because they believe the government has considered its application – in the same way as foods and medicines.

  • byLatika Bourke andOlivia Ireland
Nationals whip calls for Gaza ceasefire as Labor ministers accuse Israel of collective punishment

Nationals whip calls for Gaza ceasefire as Labor ministers accuse Israel of collective punishment

Cabinet members Ed Husic and Anne Aly said Palestinian-Australians were feeling ignored,highlighting tensions in Labor over the Israel-Hamas war.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andAngus Thompson
Sydney Jewish community urges action on Hamas hostages

Sydney Jewish community urges action on Hamas hostages

A Sydney resident made a tearful plea for the release of her nephew and his family,who are among the scores of men,women and children taken hostage by Hamas.

  • byAngus Thomson
Tech,energy deals top the list for manufacturing fund’s first $5 billion

Tech,energy deals top the list for manufacturing fund’s first $5 billion

The government made the payment to the National Reconstruction Fund to mark the first meeting of its board and the start of talks over its investment mandate.

  • byDavid Crowe
Labor,unions move to protect workers who could lose jobs to AI
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Labor,unions move to protect workers who could lose jobs to AI

Labor has created its policy position on AI,which will for the first time outline the party’s approach to the amorphous technology dominating global debate.

  • byPaul Sakkal
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How to save globalisation from itself? Chalmers has some ideas

How to save globalisation from itself? Chalmers has some ideas

Australia has benefited enormously from globalisation. But Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the old models don’t apply as well as they did.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Government may force companies to label AI content to prevent deep fakes

Government may force companies to label AI content to prevent deep fakes

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Industry Minister Ed Husic have discussed ways to minimise the potential negative effects of the rapidly advancing technology.

  • byMatthew Knott
Monarchists formally complain to ABC over ‘gratuitously offensive’ coronation coverage

Monarchists formally complain to ABC over ‘gratuitously offensive’ coronation coverage

David Flint’s Australians for Constitutional Monarchy allege the broadcaster breached three sections of its standards during last weekend’s coverage.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andDavid Estcourt
A Whyalla wipeout is finally going to occur,a decade on

A Whyalla wipeout is finally going to occur,a decade on

Climate action is finally coming to Whyalla,the South Australian industrial town Tony Abbott said would be wiped off the map.

  • byMike Foley andSimon Johanson
Indigenous science in spotlight as desert grass leads to biotech breakthrough

Indigenous science in spotlight as desert grass leads to biotech breakthrough

Labor’s Ed Husic has launched a review of Australia’s science priorities,recommending First Nations science become a key priority.

  • byLiam Mannix