Tag: Alan Tudge

Robodebt Royal Commission refers architects for criminal investigation

The unlawful robodebt scheme was rushed into operation with “little interest” in its legal basis and then covered up with “dishonesty and collusion”, a landmark Royal Commission has found. According to the report, Coalition ministers misrepresented information to support the scheme, misled the family of a man who committed...

Uni research agenda gets a commercial shove

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has ramped up efforts to drive more industry-targeted and commercially successful research through the university system, with a $242.7 million program to create four university-based research...

More foreign interference scrutiny for researchers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The guidelines used to mitigate foreign interference risks in universities have been tightened to require declaration of interest disclosures from staff “at risk of foreign interference” and allows for...

Govt to standardise university commercialisation contracts

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government intends to standardise intellectual property rights contracts between universities and businesses under a mandatory scheme for all federally funded research projects that engage in commercialisation. The...

Laureate Fellowships’ $54m of Aussie research

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Seventeen of Australia’s top researchers will share in $53.7 million from this year’s Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme, including four advanced manufacturing projects and a cybersecurity study on online discourse....

Defence urges bold new research collaborations

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s chief defence scientist has urged Australian universities and researchers to partner with Defence to support Australia’s “bolder” defence posture, as the government questioned the value of its traditional...

Govt readies for another go at visa processing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is getting ready to have another go at building a digital platform to handle visa processing, after its last a failed attempt to outsource these functions...

On poaching HK tech talent and companies

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia will introduce a range of incentives in an effort to attract high-growth export companies from Hong Kong and will fast-track special talent tech visas from the country. Following...

Scuttled visa plan a ‘win for security and health’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government decision to abandon its long-running plan to outsource the country’s visa processing system has been welcomed by the federal Opposition and public sector unions as a “win...