Cathy Foley

A six-month taskforce will help give some direction on the best and safest way public servants can use AI.

A report on generative AI has been welcomed by a number of special interest and advocacy groups, including the federal opposition.

Professor John Thwaites will chair the expert members, who include chief scientist Dr Kathy Foley and CSIRO boss Dr Larry Marshall.

Physicist Dr Cathy Foley will depart her role as the CSIRO’s chief scientist to take up the federal government’s most senior science job, for a three-year term.

Future economic growth will depend on the creation of future industries such as advanced manufacturing, hydrogen, space and quantum technologies. Science, including social sciences, will also underpin the delivery of many public sector services, including water management, land management and defence.

Amy Thunig and Narelle Underwood have been recognised as the most outstanding up-and-coming female leaders in the public sector at the Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards. The annual awards ceremony — now in its seventh year — was held in Sydney on Friday. Finalists in a range of categories attended from across Australia. Any woman working […]