Apply FMiA national interest test to quantum bet, says PC


A new national interest framework designed to impose “rigour” on Future Made in Australia investments should be retrospectively applied to the federal government’s $470 million quantum computing bet.

That’s according to the Productivity Commission, which has asked the government to apply its proposed National Interest Framework (NIF) to Future Made in Australia (FMiA) decisions already taken, including solar investments unveiled in the lead-up to the May Budget.

In its submission …

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