Tag: Angus Taylor

Opposition promises social media screening for visas

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Millions of Australia’s visa applicants could have their social media activity screened during the application process under a Trump-style opposition policy touted as a “red light to radicals” on...

Andrew Hastie gets industry portfolio in fresh shadow ministry

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Western Australian MP Andrew Hastie will serve as shadow minister for industry and sovereign capability on Opposition leader Angus Taylor’s newly formed Coalition frontbench. But key portfolios including science,...

Gig Guide: Former AMD president steps in as PsiQuantum CEO

Posted on   |  by David Allen
PsiQuantum has announced a surprise leadership restructure, switching co-founder and chief executive Jeremy O’Brien to an executive chair role as the quantum developer pursues a pivot from research to...

Ed Husic: Ten years to build technology policy expertise

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In his extraordinary interview on ABC TV’s Insiders program on Sunday, outgoing Industry and Science minister Ed Husic said he spent 10 years working and listening to understand the...

Dutton looks to strip $15bn National Reconstruction Fund

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government’s $15 billion manufacturing fund could be stripped by a Dutton government, which would use around $14.5 billion from its unspent allocation for Coalition priorities. As the...

Shadow treasurer takes aim at PsiQuantum bet

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia should not have invested almost $1 billion in a frontier quantum computing project, shadow treasurer Angus Taylor said on Wednesday while promising to roll back the Albanese government’s...