Microsoft will invest billions as it partners with Australia’s cyber spy agency and provides digital skills training for 300,000 people.
| Anthony Albanese will announce a $5 billion investment from Microsoft to bolster Australian cybersecurity, cloud computing and artificial intelligence capabilities as the prime minister uses a trip to the US to get the AUKUS nuclear submarine pact back on track.
Jodie Haydon and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are greeted by the children of Australian embassy staff in Washington. Behind them are Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd and wife Therese Rein.
“In today’s turbulent world, it is a relationship that provides security, stability, based upon our common values and our position as great democratic nations working together to promote those values throughout the Indo-Pacific and throughout the world,” Mr Albanese said.a new speaker has disrupted Mr Albanese’s outreach with congressional leaders, he will speak to key members on committees dealing with AUKUS-related “legislation that’s required to turn this vision into a practical reality”.
Microsoft’s pledge of an additional $5 billion investment into its Australian operations gives Mr Albanese’s visit a springboard for further announcements this week about boosting economic ties with the US, including collaboration on the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act and its green energy subsidies.
“This is a major investment in the skills and workers of the future, which will help Australia to strengthen our position as a world-leading economy,” Mr Albanese said.“A priority for my government is to ensure all Australians benefit from economic growth. This means that we need to provide the skills to enable Australians to succeed in the jobs of the future.”
It will also bolster the national threat intelligence-sharing capabilities, focusing on detecting, analysing and defending against sophisticated nation-state cyber threats launched by countries such as China and Russia.
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