Author: Brandon How

Govt to consider import tariffs for high-carbon goods

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Work to determine the feasibility of import tariffs on emissions-intensive manufactured goods, particularly steel and cement, has begun at the Department of Climate Change, Energy, and Environment. Climate Change...

Open source research institute launches in Canberra

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The ACT government will provide half a million dollars over two years to support a new innovation hub focused on furthering research into open source technologies at the University...

$2bn hydrogen program criteria splits industry

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Peak bodies representing renewable hydrogen are at odds over the minimum production capacity projects should have to be eligible for the federal government’s $2 billion green hydrogen production credit....

Bipartisan push for tech assessment office

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Liberal backbencher Aaron Violi is teaming up with Labor counterpart Dr Daniel Mulino to design a Technology Assessment Office to make information on cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence...

Gig Guide: Inaugural environment data chief named

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The inaugural head of Australia’s first independent, national environmental data and information office, dubbed the “Australian Bureau of Statistics for nature”, is Dr Jane Coram. Dr Coram took up...

Tech industry welcomes board, awaits investment mandate

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Industry bodies have cautiously welcomed Industry and Science minister Ed Husic’s eight appointments to National Reconstruction Fund board, with some reserving judgement until details on the investment mandate are...

$19bn sustainable jet fuel opportunity for Australia

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A new roadmap highlighting the opportunities that will flow from the creation of a sustainable aviation fuel industry in Australia has been released by national science agency CSIRO and...

Husic unveils NRF board, taps clean energy veteran as chair

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Former Clean Energy Finance Corporation director Martijn Wilder will chair the eight-member board of the Albanese government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund. Industry and Science minister Ed Husic announced...