Displaying items by tag: Competitiveness

Electricity price rises have been significant and unprecedented in recent weeks, according to the ACCC latest Electricity Markets Inquiry report.

GUEST OPINION: The unprecedented events of 2020 had a profound impact on industrial enterprises worldwide, forcing companies to rapidly pivot to a distributed workforce model. This sudden shift significantly increased reliance on remote-access connections, while accelerating digital transformation and making strong, purpose-built industrial cybersecurity increasingly essential.

Competitiveness, national security, access to services and the efficient deployment of new networks and technologies are among the priorities outlined by the Federal Gvernment in its statement of expecations given to the competition regulator, the ACCC, as part of the Commission’s oversight of Australia’s telecommunications industry.

Supportive government framework and policies are expected to enable the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to emerge as the global epicentre for the growth of artificial intelligence (AI), according to one global analytics firm.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched its new investment plan, setting out three new priority areas aimed at further improving the competitiveness of renewable energy technologies and increasing the supply of renewable energy in Australia.

Government support for startups and initiatives to re-focus the national training system in this year’s budget has drawn a tick of approval from the Australian Computer Society (ACS), but it wants much more to be done to meet the demands of a ‘fast-paced’ digital economy.