Joseph Brookes, Author at InnovationAus.com

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Tehan’s taskforce and the million-dollar McKinsey mystery

Trade minister Dan Tehan has declined to provide almost any detail about a lucrative contract his department awarded to global consulting giants McKinsey last year, with the Opposition slamming...

Labor guarantees funding for ARC approved grants

10 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Labor has promised not to block any funding for research projects recommended to it by the Australian Research Council following backlash to several Coalition ministers vetoing funding fo humanities...

Change procurement rules to stop ‘race to the bottom’ for manufacturing

10 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

There are fresh calls for more strategic government procurement policies after a manufacturing inquiry heard the current rules and international trade deals are undermining the Australian industry. Currently there...

Global consultants’ contract transparency blocked by govt and Labor

9 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The Coalition and Labor have united to block a Greens motion that would have forced the federal government to disclose information on the $1 billion worth of contracts it...

Senate to probe Australian Research Council grant vetoes

9 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

A parliamentary inquiry will examine the power of ministers to veto research funding after the Greens successfully referred their bill seeking to the remove the power to the Senate...

CSIRO readies business-focused climate risk platform

9 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

CSIRO plans to launch a beta version of its climate risk data platform for businesses within months after paying consultants $10,000 a day last year for input on its...

Govt told to put green steel and hydrogen at heart of manufacturing rebuild

8 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

A Cooperative Research Centre for sustainable manufacturing should be established to support new domestic green metal and green hydrogen industries, a Labor-led Senate inquiry into Australian manufacturing has recommended....

‘Political interference has bipartisan support’: Schmidt lashes research vetoes

7 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Ministers vetoing research grants are an “existential threat” to local universities, the Australian National University vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt has warned, as The Greens seek a Senate inquiry into the...

New FinTech Aust chief on priorities and helping local firms grow

7 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

FinTech Australia has appointed investor and finance executive Andrew Porter as its new chief executive. Mr Porter, a 20-year industry veteran who advises several local FinTech’s boards, said reconnecting...

Federal Court rules against Facebook on Cambridge Analytica appeal

7 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Facebook has lost its Federal Court appeal against a ruling that it is breached privacy laws by tracking Australian users and failing to protect the data. The American tech...

Author: Joseph Brookes

Tehan’s taskforce and the million-dollar McKinsey mystery

Labor guarantees funding for ARC approved grants

Change procurement rules to stop ‘race to the bottom’ for manufacturing

Global consultants’ contract transparency blocked by govt and Labor

Senate to probe Australian Research Council grant vetoes

CSIRO readies business-focused climate risk platform

Govt told to put green steel and hydrogen at heart of manufacturing rebuild

‘Political interference has bipartisan support’: Schmidt lashes research vetoes

New FinTech Aust chief on priorities and helping local firms grow

Federal Court rules against Facebook on Cambridge Analytica appeal

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