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Search begins for $392m Industry Growth Program chief

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources has started the hunt for an executive to run the $392 million Industry Growth Program that was unveiled in the federal Budget...

AFP warned about PwC leaks in 2018

The federal police declined to pursue an investigation into the PwC tax leaks scandal in 2019, despite the Tax Office providing it with evidence one of the firm’s former...

eConveyancing reform at a ‘critical juncture’

A new enforceable timeline for implementing interoperability between electronic conveyancing network providers could be finalised as soon as the end of June, with market challenger Sympli advocating for a...

$49m MMI grant for WA critical minerals project locked in

A sixth Collaboration stream grant from the former Morrison government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative has been signed off by the Industry department, leaving more than half of the funding through...

$250m in MMI grants reach contract as others remain on hold

More than $480 million in funding through the largest stream of the former Morrison government’s flagship manufacturing grants program remains up in the air, with only five grants worth...

A $56.5m federal grant lands for a rocket to take off

The stars are beginning to align for the maiden flight of the first Australian-designed orbital vehicle, which is being built on the Gold Coast in Queensland by local upstart...

Why the government won’t ban PwC from federal work

Embattled global consulting firm PwC won’t be banned outright from federal work by the Albanese government, which insists the scandal is not a procurement issue and its response is...

US outlines new path for AUKUS technology sharing

Senior US officials have outlined plans to “clear a path” to AUKUS technology transfer, as lawmakers decried the “dire” state of the current approach to sharing cutting edge military...

AUKUS Pillar II: Nations claim AI ‘world-first’

Defence teams from AUKUS nations have claimed a world-first with the use of artificial intelligence models on unmanned aerial vehicles, in an early demonstration of the security pact’s second...