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2023 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence: Get Ready!

The InnovationAus Awards for Excellence 2023 program is officially underway, with entries now open for a six-month program of celebration, highlighting amazing Australian entrepreneurs and innovators, and their incredible...

Low emissions manufacturing push as safeguard reforms pass

Manufacturers and other heavy polluters will face tougher restrictions on their carbon emissions after the government’s reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism passed Parliament. As implemented by the former Coalition...

Union lashes Home Affairs on ICT outsourcing, culture

The Department of Home Affairs spent more than $500 million on “failed ICT outsourcing projects” in recent years, according to the public sector union, which has accused the department...

On lithium supply chains and the extraction of value

It turns out that the two lightest reactive elements (excluding the noble gas helium), hydrogen and lithium, are central to our energy future, but neither is an energy source....

Govt brings digital Medicare cards to myGov

Australians now have the option of adding a digital Medicare card with anti-fraud features to the myGov app, as the federal government continues works to integrate the card into...

Govt moves to centralise security vetting within ASIO

The Albanese government is tightening and centralising security clearances within the domestic spy agency amid its warning foreign agents are “trying to work their way into government”. Home Affairs...

Amended NRF ‘poses more questions than answers’: Sussan Ley

Deputy Opposition leader and shadow industry minister Sussan Ley says the government’s claims about “saving manufacturing” are at a “complete disconnect” from the reality of the National Reconstruction Fund,...

A ‘Future Made in Australia’ begins: Albanese

The government’s flagship industry policy passed the Parliament on Wednesday, locking in a $15 billion manufacturing fund Anthony Albanese says will deliver both sovereign capabilities as well as an...

NRF implementation critical to success: Industry groups

Industry groups have welcomed the passage of the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation bill, but say the design and implementation of the landmark co-investment fund will be critical to its...

Huge renewable storage leap needed to make net-zero: CSIRO

Renewable energy storage will need significant investment if Australia is to meet its net-zero emissions target, according to the CSIRO, which has predicted a potential 14-fold increase in required...

$15bn NRF bill clears Senate with crossbench support

The Albanese government’s flagship $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund will be created after enabling legislation passed the Senate late on Tuesday evening following a debate in which 20 amendment...