Anyone who attends the ACCC and Australian Energy Regulator (AER) annual regulatory conference is struck by the existential dilemma that afflicts competition regulators. Their economic world view is that...
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Federal Labor has promised to provide 5,000 free TAFE places for information technology and digital courses if it wins the May 18 election, giving the Australian community the “skills...
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The space sector has become an unlikely battleground for competing industry policies in the 2019 election, as Industry Minister Karen Andrews on Monday unveiled a further $3.5 million package...
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The popular interactive games fund would be reinstated under an elected Labor government, with $25 million in funding pledged over three years. Labor leader Bill Shorten made the election...
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Labor will fund a new health technology accelerator and medical simulation facilities in Melbourne’s south-east as part of a $15 million digital health election commitment. Shadow health minister Catherine...
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Labor would cut more than $300 million from the Industry Growth Centres and Entrepreneurs’ Programme – nearly half of the overall budget for these initiatives – if it wins...
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Industry Minister Karen Andrews says Labor’s “half-baked” plan to offer a tax off-set premium for companies that collaborate with universities and science agencies would only benefit big business, and...
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There are varying opinions of who should be Australia’s next cyber security chief, what that role should look like, and whether there’s an opportunity for an incoming government to...
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An elected Labor government would provide $7.5 million towards a major telescope project in Western Australia in a “white coat meets blue collar” policy announcement. The funding will be...
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Kim Carr has doubled down on Labor’s support for the local electric vehicles sector, announcing a $57 million pledge to help build a new local automotive industry centred on...
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The continued strength of Australia’s startup ecosystems has been put on notice in the 2019 edition of the highly regarded Startup Genome report: Sydney has fallen six places to...
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The leaders of seven Australian health and biotech industry groups have joined forces to press both sides of politics to preserve and strengthen support of research and development. In...
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Peak industry body Science & Technology Australia (STA) has released an election summary report card covering the policies of the major parties across a range of issues for the...
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Two announcements this week have painted a grim picture of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the lead-up to the federal election, and for many Australian consumers there is...