The Industry department has settled a dozen compensation claims related to the disastrous tender for its flagship innovation program and is bracing for more payouts amid allegations of corruption...
Almost two dozen local and international quantum firms were approached by the federal government last year as part of a private expression of interest process designed to gauge the...
The Industry department has never checked the books of a supplier it awarded a $31 million commercialisation services contract to, despite an independent audit finding “bias” in the decision...
The federal government has refused to release documentation about its secret expression of interest process conducted with quantum computing companies, but in doing so has confirmed that the process...
A taskforce of top officials from the Treasury, Energy and Environment, and Industry portfolios have spent most of the last year preparing a plan to make the Albanese government’s...
The Albanese government has withheld funding details for the country’s first-ever quantum strategy due to “commercial sensitivities”, fueling speculation that it is in the market for a quantum computer....
The Industry department has inked a new $15 million deal with Macquarie Technology Group to supply its core telecommunications and secure internet gateway systems over the next three years,...
The Australian National Audit Office will review the procurement reforms put in place at the Digital Transformation Agency, the Industry department and Home Affairs in response to damning audit...
The federal government has begun accepting pitches from quantum computing companies to establish the Australian Centre for Quantum Growth, almost six months after the initiative was funded. A grant...
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....