Tag: Buy Australian Plan

Kim Carr presses the case on local procurement

Posted on   |  by Kim Carr
As a former minister for Innovation Industry Science and Research, as well as Higher Education, I welcome the Ambitious Australia (the strategic examination of R&D) final report’s proposition that...

Finance’s bare minimum approach to local companies

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The changes to government purchasing arrangements announced by Finance minister Katy Gallagher this week are underwhelming. For the tech sector at least, these reforms will do little to improve...

Govt’s procurement push gets a quiet rebrand

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Future Made in Australia Office established by the Albanese government has been quietly rebranded after it was being confused with a wider clean energy industrialisation agenda of the...

Calling all tech SMEs: Govt procurement survey 2024

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Two signature election commitments that the Albanese government took to the 2022 election were its Buy Australian Plan and the creation of a Future Made in Australia Office. The...