Tag: Ed Husic

Facing the Husic: Labor’s Industry focus

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
It was either fortuitous timing or smart politics that led to Labor to unveil its flagship industry policy less than 24 hours after the Prime Minister buried his most...

Let’s formalise a ‘Made in Australia’ Office

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian companies might be concerned about an increasingly protectionist United States and the spectre of a newly issued Made in America presidential executive order, but the Australian Government is...

Govt backs off proposed Big Tech inquiry

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A Liberal Senator has withdrawn his attempt to launch a parliamentary inquiry into the influence of Big Tech in Australia on the same day the federal government passed its...

Husic on industrial policy in the post-COVID era

Posted on   |  by James Riley
When Labor leader Anthony Albanese gave his new Industry and Innovation spokesman Ed Husic his marching orders ahead of the shadow cabinet reshuffle last week, the heavy emphasis was...

Science and tech at the centre of Albo’s reshuffle

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has placed science, technology and advanced manufacturing front and centre in Labor’s policy structures as a part of a significant shadow cabinet reshuffle ahead of...

Husic gets Industry and Innovation portfolio

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor’s sharpest tech sector advocate Ed Husic has been handed the shadow Industry and Innovation portfolio as part of a sweeping reshuffle of the opposition frontbench unveiled by...

Jane Hume promoted: digital economy minister

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Victorian senator Jane Hume has been promoted to Minister for the Digital Economy within the Treasury portfolio as part of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s cabinet reshuffle. Surprisingly, the reshuffle...

Husic to bring his tech focus to shadow cabinet

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government needs to set its ambitions for tech and innovation much higher and encourage creation rather than just adoption, newly appointed shadow minister for agriculture and resources Ed...