Tag: Ed Husic

Manufacturers blast Coalition over plan to ditch NRF funds

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Manufacturing workers on Friday said Australia “cannot risk” a Coalition government after the opposition promised to unwind mostly popular policy work and cut billions in legislated incentives for new...

Advanced materials maker snags $1.5m scaleup grant

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A Wollongong firm developing materials for use in extreme environments like air travel and nuclear waste disposal will receive $1.5 million from the federal government’s scaleup program to expand...

Govt knocked back AI plan before last year’s Budget

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A proposed AI investment plan put forward ahead of last year’s federal Budget was knocked back by the government at a time when other developed nations were ramping up...

PM steers innovation fund to metals manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Almost half of the $1.7 billion Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund will be directed to manufacturing metals, the Prime Minister announced on Friday, just days after Australia was...

Ming Long named new CSIRO chairwoman

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Experienced board director Ming Long has been appointed the new chair of national science agency CSIRO, replacing Kathryn Fagg, who has stepped down after more than three years. Ms...

Govt accepts all Diversity in STEM Review recommendations

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will overhaul its STEM diversity programs and develop a new strategy to drive greater inclusion of under-represented groups, in line with the recommendations from last year’s...