Tag: Christian Porter

Growth Centres are on their own from 2022

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
The federal government has all but confirmed that the six Industry Growth Centres will be on their own and receive no government funding after June 2022, at which time...

Labor skewers industry portfolio’s ‘revolving door’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor has questioned whether the government is taking the industry department seriously amid a “revolving door” of ministers and machinery of government changes. At a Senate Estimates hearing on...

Govt keeps McKinsey’s $2m mRNA report secret

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A report on the development of onshore mRNA vaccine manufacturing capabilities that the federal government paid McKinsey $2 million to write and is driving its push for a local...

Innovation Metrics Review, sunk without a trace

Posted on   |  by James Riley
An in-depth investigation of the way government measures outcomes in Australia’s innovation system conducted by the most senior of public sector advisors is missing in action, gathering dust somewhere,...

Govt looks in the mirror with a policy reheat

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
When Industry Minister Christian Porter rose in question time to mock the Opposition for “reheating” a policy from six years ago, it’s unclear whether he knew the government had...

Govt gives IT resellers $7m for SME cyber support

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A cohort of “trusted” companies will share in $6.9 million in federal government grants to support SME cyber awareness and resilience, with nearly 40 per cent of the money...

Govt co-invests $8.4m to commercialise Australian IP

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Twelve companies have shared in $8.4 million in co-investment from the government in the latest round of its Accelerating Commercialisation grant program. Announced Tuesday by Industry Minister Christian Porter,...

BRII grants open to Australian Regtechs

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government has opened its Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) to regtechs, challenging them to develop digital solutions for the governance of corporations, livestock, autonomous marine systems and...

SKA telescope gets $387m shot in the arm

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has committed a further $387 million to the massive Square Kilometre Array radio telescope in Western Australia’s Murchison region, including $64 million that will...
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