The inaugural Australia-United States Strategic Commercial Dialogue was held last Thursday, cementing bilateral commitments to sustainable investment in areas of common commercial interest such as critical minerals and supply...
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A report from FinTech firm Frollo has revealed an improvement in data sharing through Australia’s Open Banking system. Frollo operates an Open Banking platform that facilitates the transfer of...
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The Prime Minister and the Industry Minister are sitting on an estimated $456 million in manufacturing grant announcements in the lead up to the May election, with Labor raising...
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With 98 per cent of Australian businesses comprising of small businesses contributing a third of our economic output and employing 41 per cent of the workforce, governments are naturally...
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Accenture has been brought in by the federal government to deliver the long-awaited and much-needed election modernisation program, with the Irish-domiciled consulting giant to replace the near-30 year old...
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The Department of Defence has called in US consultants to develop a digital twin of its ‘future Army’, which it intends to use for cost, personnel and equipment decisions...
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The revamped patent box scheme still doesn’t go far enough and is uncompetitive with comparable jurisdictions, BDO R&D partner Nicola Purser says. The new version of the scheme, announced...
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The latest grant under the Modern Manufacturing Initiative is worth $23 million and will support the production of precision medicine and theranostics in Australia. The MMI collaboration stream grant...
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The Department of Defence has funded 345 cutting edge technology projects by university and industry worth $258 million over the last six years, but none appear to have made...
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There is “insufficient evidence” that the federal government’s $150 million program to streamline grants has delivered any benefits, and the scheme has failed to achieve three of its four...
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The scrapping of a $1.3 billion Defence drones program by the federal government to help pay for a cyber budget boost has been branded a “mess” and a massive...
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The $1 billion increase to the government’s manufacturing strategy will mostly go to regional Australia, with $700m reserved for regional manufacturing and supply chain projects, and $328 million to...
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Every year both the Treasurer’s budget speech and the Opposition Leader’s reply speech are criticised for what they didn’t say, almost as much for what they did. Most of...
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The federal government has announced a $1.25 billion loan for the development of Australia’s first integrated rare earth metals refinery in Western Australia. The loan will support the construction...