Tag: Election

All Albanese’s innovation sweeteners from the election

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
With Anthony Albanese and Labor claiming a decisive victory at the weekend’s election, attention now turns to the second-term government’s ambitious agenda for the next three years. Buffeted by...

Returned Albanese pledges to keep building local capability

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Tens of billions of dollars in government investment in new industries and manufacturing capability is secure after Labor won the 2025 federal election and returned the Albanese government for...

The silence on tech policy is setting off alarm bells

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Days out from a federal election and almost nothing has been uttered on tech policy in a month-long campaign, with political leaders overlooking or undercooking transformative issues like artificial...

‘It makes sense’: PM digs in on critical minerals reserve

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has weathered criticism about his plan to buy and stockpile critical minerals and rare earths in a strategic reserve, saying the national interest trumps miners’...

Labor pledges $100m boost to Perth science centre

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Science minister Ed Husic has dangled a $100 million upgrade to Perth’s largest science education centre if the Albanese government is re-elected, but says it will be up to...

Pocock promises innovation agenda in second stint

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Independent senator David Pocock would throw his weight behind lifting R&D investment, startup support and responsible innovation in a second term, saying politicians need to do more to back...