Author: Joseph Brookes

OAIC slashes staff to meet $11m budget crunch

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The privacy and information watchdog has slashed dozens of staff in response to a 23 per cent budget cut by government and a review by management consultants, sparking fears...

Senate demands more PsiQuantum details

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The Senate is demanding Industry minister Ed Husic hand over more details about the process that led to a $1 billion public investment in PsiQuantum, including the US firm’s unsolicited...

Research unleashed through $342m Discovery Projects round

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More than 500 basic and applied research projects have shared in $342 million in federal funding to explore areas like high energy batteries, digital inclusion, more climate resilient crops...

‘Frontrunning’ fears over NRF’s first $40m deal

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A media drop and alleged leak has put the corporation in charge of the government’s $15 billion manufacturing fund under scrutiny at its first Senate Estimates appearance since its...

‘Time to act’: $14b Future Made tax incentives hit Parliament

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Monday introduced legislation to allow the government to pour almost $14 billion into Australia’s fledgling green hydrogen and critical minerals processing industries, marking a new...