Tag: Anthony Albanese

Podcast: PM lifts tech focus in new ministry

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
In this episode of Commercial Disco, host James Riley and InnovationAus.com editor Justin Hendry discuss the Cabinet reshuffle following the Albanese government’s landslide victory in the May federal election....

Tim Ayres named Industry minister in new-look Cabinet

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Manufacturing advocate and former Future Made in Australia assistant minister Tim Ayres has been named Australia’s new Industry minister, replacing Ed Husic after he was spectacularly dumped from the...

The Gig Guide: Australia’s top bureaucrat resigns

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Glyn Davis, secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, has resigned after serving the last three years as Australia’s top public servant. Professor Davis’s resignation will...

All eyes on caucus as Ed Husic exits the Industry portfolio

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry and Science minister Ed Husic is set to be dropped from federal Cabinet, a casualty of post-election factional jostling for positions in Anthony Albanese’s second ministry. But regardless...

All Albanese’s innovation sweeteners from the election

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
With Anthony Albanese and Labor claiming a decisive victory at the weekend’s election, attention now turns to the second-term government’s ambitious agenda for the next three years. Buffeted by...

Returned Albanese pledges to keep building local capability

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Tens of billions of dollars in government investment in new industries and manufacturing capability is secure after Labor won the 2025 federal election and returned the Albanese government for...

‘It makes sense’: PM digs in on critical minerals reserve

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has weathered criticism about his plan to buy and stockpile critical minerals and rare earths in a strategic reserve, saying the national interest trumps miners’...

Labor to tip $1.2bn into critical minerals reserve

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia will begin stockpiling critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and silicon from 2026 to insulate against geopolitical shocks and build up a fledgling processing industry if Labor is re-elected....