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Advice, admin for Industry Growth Program to swallow $105m

Advice and admin costs will swallow more than 25 per cent of the Industry Growth Program’s $392 million budget, leaving $105 million less in funding for early-stage commercialisation grants....

Fresh allegations about Entrepreneurs’ Programme inside track

11 November 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

A company being paid $31 million to deliver commercialisation advice on behalf of the government used inside advice to land the job and then helped a family member’s company...

Compo claims stack up for ‘deficient’ innovation program tender

5 September 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

At least 16 organisations are seeking compensation from the Commonwealth because of a heavily flawed and unfair tender process for the former government’s flagship industry innovation program. The claims...

Govt hunts commercialisation contractors for $392m program

20 July 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The Industry department has put out a call for contractors to help deliver its $392 million commercialisation program, seeking around 20 individuals to deliver advice and help with grants...

Innovation on show in $20m commercialisation grants

6 April 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Supercapacitors, a livestock trading platform and low emissions cooling are among the latest recipients of Accelerating Commercialisation grants from the federal government, which the founders say remains crucial to...

10 bidders seek compo from botched Industry dept procurement

15 December 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The Industry department is negotiating compensation claims with nearly a dozen unsuccessful tenderers to its flagship business support program after the federal watchdog exposed serious problems with the procurement...

Industry dept braces for compo claims after ‘deficient’ tender

18 November 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The Industry department is preparing to settle compensation claims with multiple unsuccessful tenderers from the Coalition government’s flagship industry program because of an error-riddled procurement process that favoured certain...

Towards integrated science, tech, research and innovation policy

31 August 2022 | by Dr John H Howard

Management textbooks and business self-help books tell us that strategy drives structure which in turns drives funding and resource allocation decisions. Yet in public administration and public policy it...

‘Bias evident’ in awarding of $30m Industry dept contract: ANAO

27 June 2022 | by Denham Sadler

A newly-formed Victorian company was awarded a $30 million contract to provide commercialisation services to the federal government despite its bid being $13 million more expensive than the other...

‘Did not comply with rules’: Audit office lashes entrepreneur program

27 June 2022 | by Denham Sadler

The awarding of $160 million worth of contracts to delivery partners under the Industry department’s Entrepreneurs’ Programme was “deficient in significant respects”, with large incumbents given unfair advantages and...

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Advice, admin for Industry Growth Program to swallow $105m

Fresh allegations about Entrepreneurs’ Programme inside track

Compo claims stack up for ‘deficient’ innovation program tender

Govt hunts commercialisation contractors for $392m program

Innovation on show in $20m commercialisation grants

10 bidders seek compo from botched Industry dept procurement

Industry dept braces for compo claims after ‘deficient’ tender

Towards integrated science, tech, research and innovation policy

‘Bias evident’ in awarding of $30m Industry dept contract: ANAO

‘Did not comply with rules’: Audit office lashes entrepreneur program

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