Author: Joseph Brookes

Collective investment vehicle bill passes, scheme set for July

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A corporate collective investment vehicle will be available in Australia from July after Parliament passed legislation with bipartisan support. The long-promised change introduces a new type of company for...

Lack of innovation is hurting productivity growth: Treasury

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The productivity gap between the most innovative companies in the world and Australian firms is growing, according to new analysis by economists at the federal Treasury, who found local...

Tehan’s taskforce and the million-dollar McKinsey mystery

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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

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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...

Senate to probe Australian Research Council grant vetoes

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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

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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...