Science
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Strategy
The lithium-ion battery value chain: new economy opportunities for Australia
The new energy revolution and accelerating growth in demand for lithium-ion batteries provides an opportunity for Australia. As the world’s largest producer of lithium, with mineral reserves covering 90% of the elements required in lithium-ion battery chemistry, Australia has undeniable competitive advantages that need to be explored.
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Digital health: creating a new growth industry for Australia
This report argues that leveraging new technologies will be instrumental in improving healthcare access and affordability for taxpayers.
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How will big data impact healthcare?
In this episode of the Applied Podcast, Professor Hugh Bradlow FTSE, President of Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering explains how machine learning can navigate big data, deriving patterns from data with no obvious mathematical causal relationship, and so redefining healthcare.
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Digital Platforms Inquiry: preliminary report
This report outlines the ACCC's concerns regarding the market power held by Google and Facebook, including their impact on Australian businesses and, in particular, on the ability of media businesses to monetise their content.
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Help wanted: an examination of hiring algorithms, equity, and bias
This report explores how predictive tools affect equity throughout the entire hiring process. It examines some popular tools that many employers currently use, and offers recommendations for further scrutiny and reflection. It concludes that without active measures to mitigate them, bias will arise in predictive hiring tools by default.