Tag: Daniel Mookhey

NSW flags reforms after consulting blowout

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Minns government will consider further moves to reduce the state’s reliance on consultants in next month’s Budget after analysis found they were being engaged at a rate of...

Leaders warm to Mazzucato’s missions

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
State and federal ministers have endorsed popular economist Mariana Mazzucato’s ‘mission-oriented’ approach to economic growth and flagged upcoming policy for decarbonising Australia’s economy will take inspiration from it. After...

Mazzucato in Australia: Last chance to secure seats

Posted on   |  by James Riley
With just days before renowned economist and author Mariana Mazzucato arrives in Australia for her much anticipated speaking tour, a final release of tickets are now available for premier...

Ed Husic and Daniel Mookhey join line-up for Mazzucato

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Industry minister Ed Husic and NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey will join renowned economist and author Professor Mariana Mazzucato for the first leg of her speaking tour in Sydney...

NSW Budget: State claws back $700m innovation fund

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s first Budget has redirected millions of dollars set aside for science and innovation programs in order to deliver savings and to fund other priorities, including...

NSW cyber agency faces $70m funding ‘shortfall’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A decision by the former New South Wales Coalition government’s not to fund the state’s cybersecurity agency beyond next financial year, despite the growing importance of response and recovery,...

NSW ministers get interim Industry, Digital duties

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Premier Chris Minns has placed interim responsibility for the portfolios of Industry and Digital in New South Wales at the centre of the new Labor government while the full...

NSW procurement slammed as consultants cash in

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
New South Wales government agencies broke procurement rules, failed to manage contracts and increasingly used only a handful of global giants while handing more than $1 billion to consulting...