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Productivity, upskilling and increased engagement are key targets for the Australian Government’s Jobs Summit 2022, to future-proof the labour market.

While the Jobs Summit does not signal the end of neoliberalism, it does signal a political willingness by the Albanese government to begin an inclusive, deliberative process for healing our society of some of the wounds that have been inflicted on ordinary people through the almost unfettered accumulation of superprofits on the one hand and cuts to real wages and the dismantling of social infrastructure on the other. By John Falzon

Business Scoop provides news and views on Business and Markets from New Zealand

Digital advice will play an integral role in the future of financial advice in Australia, an expert has argued ahead of the Quality of Advice Review. Greater use of technology is the only way to add

Lusaka, Zambia, 20 April 2022 - The Virtual High-Level Dialogue for Southern Africa on Financing Africa’s recovery was organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa, on the theme, “Financing Africa’s Recovery: Breaking New Ground”, in preparation for the forth-coming 54th Session of the ECA Conference of African

There is no legal definition for AI in Australia. Although some Commonwealth legislation explicitly refers to the use of technology or computer programs in order to permit the use of AI under that legislation, There are several examples of Commonwealth legislation expressly permitting administrative decisions to be made by computers, with these decisions deemed to have been made by the department official. Examples include the Social Security Administration) Act 1999 (Cth), s 6A, Migration Act 1...

A review of the competition authorities' enforcement activity against cartels in Portugal, including significant recent cases, trends, developments, strategies and outlook.

In 2018 and 2019, Dr. Stephen Thaler filed a patent application naming Device for Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience, known as “DABUS,” as the inventor of the resulting...

This Position Paper sets out the Australian Human Rights Commission’s proposals for reforming federal discrimination law in Australia. It forms part of the Commission’s Free and Equal project: A National conversation on human rights.

The Online Privacy Bill is Australia’s immediate response to certain issues identified out of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Digital Platforms Inquiry Report published in 2019 the Digital Platforms Inquiry.