These Are the 10 Changes Jim Chalmers Will Make Immediately

These are the 10 changes Jim Chalmers will make immediately

The treasurer has tasked ministers with work on a road-user charge, abolishing more nuisance tariffs, and cutting red tape in the construction code.

As it happened: Netanyahu compares Palestine recognition to appeasing Hitler in Australian interview; AI, tariffs, removing red tape among Chalmers’ 10 priorities

Benjamin Netanyahu has waded into Australian politics and decried Anthony Albanese’s recognition of a Palestinian state in an interview with Australian media.

Chalmers agrees to 'make AI a national priority'

Dedicated industry and government plans to harness artificial intelligence will be developed with urgency after the Albanese government and stakeholders agreed to elevate the frontier technology to a “national priority”.The regulatory question remains live, however, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers ordering a gap analysis before committing to any new dedicated AI laws. The consensus on the technology’s importance was reached on Thursday at the govern…