Tag: Ed Husic

‘Devastating’: female founders’ grants stuff-up

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Hundreds of female entrepreneurs were incorrectly told they had been successful in their application for a federal government grants program after an error saw a congratulatory email sent out...

$800m MMI grants program open to rorts: Labor

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor industry spokesman Ed Husic has written to Scott Morrison urging him to commit to following the advice of the department in disbursing an $800 million manufacturing grant program,...

Govt consults on patent box scheme

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s patent box scheme will only apply to new inventions created after May, while it is still considering how best to target it at the BioTech and...

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...

Data61 cuts put spotlight on research priorities

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia needs to be more accepting of changes in strategies and willing to let go of “sacred cow” research areas, following news Data61 will be cutting up to 70...

Big questions around govt’s patent box: Husic

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s new patent box scheme risks being a “knee-jerk reaction to embrace a new concept” that provides a tax break to big firms and little benefit to the...

Govt looks in the mirror with a policy reheat

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
When Industry Minister Christian Porter rose in question time to mock the Opposition for “reheating” a policy from six years ago, it’s unclear whether he knew the government had...

Labor pitches ‘Startup Year’ in budget response

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has placed the tech sector at the centre of his budget reply, pitching a “Startup Year” which would see graduates accessing university loans to launch...