Author: Joseph Brookes

Horse trading starts with crossbench to secure FMiA

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Coalition will vote against the government’s Future Made in Australia legislation this week, setting up a Senate showdown and potential amendments to better protect the environment and ensure...

New laws clear path to pursue ex-agency heads over Robodebt

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government will introduce legislation to provide an express power for the Public Service Commissioner to investigate former agency heads, after some ex-mandarins claimed leaving the public service...

Govt unveils ‘world leading’ identity exchange

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government will next year trial a digital identity exchange scheme that it says offers European-level data control, reducing the honeypot of personal information held by businesses and...

Building process rigour into the Future Made in Australia

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is threading a needle between bold public investments that establish Australia’s foothold in a churning global economy and what critics say could easily devolve into protectionism...

Net zero, Indigenous knowledge get science priorities boost

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia has new national science and research priorities for the first time in nearly a decade after the Albanese government settled on net zero technologies, community health, indigenous knowledge...

Victoria lures eight VCs for $300m startup push

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Victorian government has pledged $2.4 million to venture capital firms to set up in the state and raise funding for local startups, setting up competition with Queensland’s venture...

Indoor air quality shapes as pandemic-sized policy challenge

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Prime Minister’s top scientific advisers are backing a multi-faceted response to airborne infections with air quality interventions that can be tailored to specific buildings like hospitals or classrooms...