Author: Brandon How

Two AgriTech support programs open

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Two programs supporting innovative SMEs in the agrifood sector, run by the national science agency CSIRO and federally funded innovation network AgriFutures, have opened to applications. CSIRO’s Innovate to...

Time to review govt’s competitive neutrality policy: PC

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A review of the federal government’s almost 30-year-old competitive neutrality policy is being urged by the Productivity Commission amid recent moves by the Commonwealth to acquire or stand up...

Gig Guide: Intelligence watchdog gets first full-time boss

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The federal government has appointed Australian National University Associate Professor Jake Blight as its first full-time Independent National Security Legislation Monitor. Associate Professor Blight will be the fifth person...

Australia can be a clean manufacturing ‘powerhouse’: Albo

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government’s vision to turn Australia into a renewable energy superpower will help it become an advanced manufacturing powerhouse. He has also re-emphasised the...

First transaction between eConveyancers lands

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Australian ministers have welcomed the first transaction between eConveyancing service providers, which paves the way for greater competition and full compatibility between their networks by the end of 2025....

NACC referral for Stuart Robert and lobby-linked tech procurements

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Alleged procurement conflicts of interest between former government services and NDIS minister Stuart Robert and a consulting firm co-owned by a “longtime friend, business partner and political fundraiser” have...

ServicesAus chief executive Rebecca Skinner retires

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Services Australia chief executive Rebecca Skinner, who oversaw the delivery agency through a tumultuous period of Covid, the robotdebt recovery, and the upgrade of the myGov portal, will retire...