Tag: Department of Industry

First $5bn flows to NRF as the corporation is formalised

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The entity responsible for overseeing the Albanese government’s signature $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund has been formally established, almost six months after the legislation passed through Parliament. The National...

Industry dept cancels $440m in MMI grants

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Almost half the grants offered under the largest stream of the former Morrison government’s flagship manufacturing grants program have been withdrawn by the federal Industry department. In a $440...

Govt AI guidance creates ‘arbiters of acceptable’: AIIA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government guidance developed to provide public servants with a steer on the use of generative artificial intelligence entrusts agencies as the “arbiter of what is acceptable”, according to...

Popular Chinese EV battery less well suited to Australia

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Cheap lithium-iron-phosphate batteries used in most Chinese-manufactured electric vehicles may not be well suited to Australia’s transport needs due to their lower energy density, according to a new report....

Govt to appoint NRF board ‘very soon’: Husic

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The independent board that will have the final say on investments through the Albanese government’s flagship $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is close to being appointed. Industry and science...

$49m MMI grant for WA critical minerals project locked in

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A sixth Collaboration stream grant from the former Morrison government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative has been signed off by the Industry department, leaving more than half of the funding through...

$250m in MMI grants reach contract as others remain on hold

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
More than $480 million in funding through the largest stream of the former Morrison government’s flagship manufacturing grants program remains up in the air, with only five grants worth...

Husic updates national interest Critical Technologies list

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has released a refreshed 2023 ‘List of Critical Technologies’ identifying seven key areas of national interest, after a review found the need for...