Large production tax credits, grants for capital works and public investment in shared infrastructure would kickstart a $400 billion green iron export industry in Australia, according to new research...
Policy
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More than $36 million in federal innovation grants were quietly rolled out to startups and scaleups earlier this year with almost no fanfare, right on the eve of the...
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‘Innovation’ pervades Australian policy discourse. It is hailed as the remedy for declining productivity, economic stagnation, and social challenges, appearing in political speeches, business strategies, and university mission statements....
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Just a week after his appointment as the new Minister for Industry and Innovation, Tim Ayres took to the stage this week to set out his agenda – and...
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A scathing Auditor General’s report into maximising Australian industry participation in Defence procurement contracts has drawn mixed reaction from local industry, which called for changes to the way Defence...
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The urban policy think tank Committee for Sydney says a lack of alignment between national and state priorities and funding streams is diluting Australia’s capacity to leverage research and...
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Atlassian co-founder and chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes has warned that regulating artificial intelligence “at such an early stage… seems crazy” and for governments to focus instead on the downstream...
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Ministerial speeches at the start of a new tenure rarely change the course of history, but they do set the tone and expectations. When Senator Tim Ayres addressed the...
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In his first major address as Minister for Industry and Innovation, Tim Ayres on Wednesday pledged to deliver coordinated industrial policy that isn’t “shackled by dogma” and better link...
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The Victorian government will create a $150 million fund to help secure private sector investment in priority sectors like advanced manufacturing, defence and health technologies. Victorian Treasurer Jaclyn Symes...
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David Elliot has been agitating for public sector procurement reforms that would make it easier for small Australian technology companies to sell to the federal government for 20 years....
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A South Australian artificial intelligence strategy is under development to boost investment and adoption of the technology in what is arguably already an Australian stronghold. A nation-first AI Capability...
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Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation is one of the five productivity pillars identified by Treasurer Jim Chalmers. In writing about how the new ministry...
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NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey on Monday flagged faster project development times and more government support for the tech sector in next month’s state Budget as he looks to arrest...