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Australia’s AI policy, programs on ice

The Albanese government is still weighing its approach to regulating and funding artificial intelligence, including keeping a now year-old consultation on the back burner and pausing or scrapping grant...

Industry dept told to report weekly on MMI grant progress

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Industry minister Ed Husic has asked his department to report weekly on the progress it has made signing off grants that were awarded through the former Morrison government’s $1.3...

Engineers Australia urges stronger 2030 climate target

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Professional association Engineers Australia has backed the federal government’s climate change bills in-principle but argues that the 2030 emissions reduction target could be raised from 43 per cent to...

Govt pays BCG $1m for telco supply chain work

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will pay American multinational Boston Consulting Group $125,000 a week to produce reports on Australia’s supply chain resilience around semiconductors and telecommunications equipment over the next...

Interview: Christian Porter on the industry portfolio

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry, Science and Technology minister Christian Porter has mapped a layered set of priorities for Australia’s manufacturing-led recovery that preserves existing jobs, plugs supply-chain and capability gaps, and keeps...

Killing growth centres will enable ‘rorts’: Labor

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor has accused the government of trying to kill off the Industry Growth Centres to gain control of their grant programs for political purposes as the Opposition ramps up...

Govt dishes out $6m in commercialisation grants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Four Australian companies have shared in $2.4 million of federal funding in the latest round of commercialisation grants, tipping the 7-year-old program past $260 million in funding offers. A...

Industry dept mulls Growth Centres’ future

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Department of Industry is weighing a 2020 review of its Industry Growth Centres to determine their future, but the program looks set to continue until at least 2024....

Deloitte’s federal work jumps 35% in pandemic

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The value of consulting giant Deloitte’s contracts with the Digital Transformation Agency increased by more than 1,000 percent in 2020 over the previous year, with the company’s overall government...
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