Tag: Ed Husic

‘Almost’ every state aligned on new data centre rules

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
State and territory ministers will meet again next month on new rules for data centres to ensure the resource hungry facilities add to energy supplies, cover their network costs...

Husic saddles up for another sovereign capability fight

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Former Industry minister Ed Husic spent a decade advocating for the tech sector from opposition, long before he had joined even the shadow Cabinet. Old habits certainly die hard,...

Husic calls for Cabinet-level sovereign capability plan

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Former Industry minister Ed Husic wants his government to organise around a central principle of developing sovereign capabilities, arguing every portfolio should be demonstrating contributions to national resilience. Modelled...

CGT startup risk overshadows ‘positive’ RDTI reforms

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Long-awaited reforms to tax breaks for research and development have been largely welcomed by the tech sector as a positive first step in the government’s response to a landmark...

Husic says innovation-regulation trade-off ‘just garbage’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Former industry minister Ed Husic has dismissed the idea that Australia must choose between encouraging AI innovation and regulating the highest-risk application of the technology as “just garbage”. In...

Australia’s slow walk to a new nuclear medicine hub

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The replacement of Australia’s only nuclear medicine production facility will not break ground until 2028, five years after the $619 million rebuild was announced by former Industry minister Ed...

Great expectations: Data centres in the firing line

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has been a busy couple of weeks for the Industry portfolio. The Strategic Examination of R&D landed, the government announced it would join the $155 billion Horizon Europe...

IISA advisory board: Waiting years for written govt direction

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has been more than three years since the federal government’s flagship industrial development advisory board – Industry, Innovation and Science Australia (IISA) – has been given written ministerial...