Tag: AusTrade

Review urges merit-based overhaul for export grant program

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Federal government support for small business exporters needs to be better coordinated across agencies and simpler for applicants, an independent review says. A review of the popular Export Market...

Food manufacturing report gets late, lite govt response

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Albanese government has delayed decisions on productivity-boosting innovation precincts and manufacturing facilities in its overdue response to a parliamentary inquiry into the food and beverage sector that contains...

Gig Guide: Home Affairs loses tech chief Kovacevic to Austrade

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The federal government’s trade investment agency has poached Home Affairs’ long-serving chief digital officer Radi Kovacevic, as the public service continues to grapple with the internal impact of artificial...

Tech sector’s slice of GDP hits 9 per cent: TCA

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s digital uplift has delivered a decade of economic growth, a new report shows, but tech firms are only partly responsible for the boom and have grown increasingly vulnerable...

The Gig Guide: New acting national data commissioner named

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
The federal government has a new acting national data commissioner in Andrew Lalor, who takes up the key role after a stint at the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing....

Fintech’s $22b impact sparks push for smarter regulation

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Australia’s fintech industry is entering what its leaders describe as a pivotal moment, as new Deloitte research putting the sector’s contribution at more than $22 billion annually — around...

AusBiotech partners with Austrade to boost SME exports

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Industry group AusBiotech and Austrade have partnered to help unlock new export pathways for small and medium-sized businesses in Australia’s multi-billion dollar life sciences sector. The partnership will see...

Solar panel subsidies only part of the resilience puzzle

Posted on   |  by Georgia Edmonstone
The first part of the Australian government’s Future Made in Australia legislation passed through the Senate last month, setting up a national interest framework. But the legislation divided Parliament....

$160m in export grants allocated within hours

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A new digital portal built for Austrade’s reformed ‘first-come, first-served’ export grants program processed hundreds of submissions for funding within hours of applications opening, frustrating some users. The speed...