Tag: Angus Taylor

WA manufacturers hoover another $61m in election grants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
More than $61 million in manufacturing grants have been poured into Western Australia in the final stages of the election campaign following changes by the Coalition last year which...

Hypersonix lands $8m as part of latest MMI cash splash

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Aerospace engineering company Hypersonix has scored an $8 million Commonwealth grant for its hypersonic target drone as part of a $45 million manufacturing grants cash splash on Queensland companies...

Composites manufacturing CRC stumped up with $70 million

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A sovereign manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre focusing on automation for composites will be established with just under $70 million in funding as part of a Coalition election campaign pitch....

Southern Launch lands $5m as part of latest MMI funding

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Adelaide-based space company Southern Launch has landed a near-$5 million federal government grant as part of the latest round of Modern Manufacturing Initiative funding, in which seven manufacturers shared...

Science and Industry leadership roles emptied by Coalition

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
While the pre-election period saw a flurry of controversial appointments to plum jobs in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, numerous government-appointed leadership roles in Australia’s innovation and technology system have...

Boeing-led group wins $34m aerospace manufacturing grant

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The latest government grant from the Modern Manufacturing Initiative will go to a Boeing-led defence aerospace manufacturing network based in Brisbane, with the government funding making up about a...

Election campaigning begins with nonsense about energy

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
The Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction, Angus Taylor, is technically the minister in charge of implementing the federal government’s commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050. Despite being...

Manufacturing war chest intact for run up to election

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...