Tag: Development

Productivity Commission reforms to be led by new chair

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has appointed a deputy secretary from the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance Chris Barrett as the new chair of the Productivity Commission. Announcing the appointment...

Defence industry strategy slated for release later this year

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A Defence Industry Development Strategy will be released “towards the end of this year” to help deliver the reforms and capabilities outlined in the Defence Strategic Review. Defence Industry...

$50m hydrogen, low-emissions steel R&D funding round opens

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Grants of up to $5 million are now available for research and development projects in renewable hydrogen and low emissions iron and steel through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency....

Quantum Brilliance releases quantum software dev kit

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Quantum Brilliance has launched a publicly available software development tool that enables researchers to deploy miniaturised quantum computers alongside classical computers. Called Qristal, the open-source software development kit (SDK)...

Australia cautions US over hydrogen market distortion

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The Australian government is calling on the United States to make assurances that green hydrogen production tax credits, legislated through the Inflation Reduction Act, will not distort the global...

New defence research agency missing from Budget

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The federal government remains committed to the defence science research agency promised ahead of the election, despite no mention of it in last week’s budget. In April, Labor announced...