Author: Brandon How

Productivity Commission reforms to be led by new chair

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has appointed a deputy secretary from the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance Chris Barrett as the new chair of the Productivity Commission. Announcing the appointment...

Gig Guide: Kathryn Campbell suspension a PM&C decision

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Kathryn Campbell has been suspended without pay from her almost $900,000 per annum role as a special advisor to the AUKUS program. The indefinite suspension of the former Department...

Battery industry rejects Productivity Commission advice

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Australian battery industry stakeholders have rejected the Productivity Commission’s doubts on the effectiveness of industry support, with one innovation expert describing it’s claims as “tiresomely predictable”. Released on Thursday,...

Productivity Commission doubts battery industry competitiveness

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Australia is unlikely to have a comparative advantage in exporting locally made batteries according to the Productivity Commission’s latest report, as it warns against adopting the “old-school protectionism” growing...

WA commits $43 million for manufacturing projects

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The Western Australian government has awarded grants worth $43 million for technology advanced manufacturing projects through its Investment Attraction Fund, a part of an ambitious drive to diversify the...