Author: Joseph Brookes

Labor told to be bold in manufacturing rebuild

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Labor has a rare opportunity to give Australian manufacturing the attention it needs by designing bold capability and capacity policies with runways of a decade or more, according to...

Liberal deputy Sussan Ley named as shadow Industry minister

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Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley has been named as the shadow minister for Industry, Skills, Training in Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s shadow ministry announced on Sunday. Ms Ley will...

NSW govt inks three-year AWS deal for $57.6m

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Global cloud giant Amazon Web Services has signed a three-year $57.6 million whole-of-government agreement with the New South Wales Department of Customer Service cluster through a non-tender direct negotiation....

Microsoft walks away from Top Secret cloud negotiation 

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Global giant Microsoft has walked away from negotiations with the Office of National Intelligence for the provision of a Top Secret private cloud service after more than a year...

Jason Clare’s long road to the Education portfolio

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Higher education and research stakeholders have issued a warm welcome to Australia’s newest Education minister Jason Clare, despite his arrival coming as a surprise to many. Groups say they...

Contracts roll out for SA nuclear waste dump

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The Australian government is proceeding with the development of a controversial radioactive waste facility in South Australia, handing out several contracts despite an ongoing legal challenge from Traditional Owners...