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Neural Notes: Business coalition takes AI demands to the federal budget

The Alliance of Industry Associations has urged stronger AI investment, skills and tax reform ahead of the 2026 budget, testing Australia’s National AI Plan.
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A May 2024 image of Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers posing for photographers during a light-hearted moment under the ‘budget tree’ at Parliament House in Canberra. Image: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at how AI is influencing Australia. In this edition: a new pre-budget submission from the Alliance of Industry Associations tests the ambition of Australia’s National AI Plan.

Last year, AI didn’t catch a single mention in the federal budget papers. That stood out at the time, particularly given the huge song-and-dance the government had made about it in the preceding two years.

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