Tag: Industry department

McKinsey paid $10k a day for AdBlue analysis

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government is paying a consulting giant nearly $10,000 a day for supply and demand analysis of a critical diesel exhaust fluid but refuses to disclose exactly how...

Industry Growth Centres compete for $19m transition package

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s Industry Growth Centres have been allocated an additional $19 million to transition to self-sustaining operation next year when the federal government pulls its support for the long-running initiative....

Govt brings in Deloitte to help with hydrogen grants

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has brought in multinational consultancy Deloitte to assist in dishing out Commonwealth funds to hydrogen projects as concerns grow over outsourcing within the Industry department. Industry...

Labor skewers industry portfolio’s ‘revolving door’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor has questioned whether the government is taking the industry department seriously amid a “revolving door” of ministers and machinery of government changes. At a Senate Estimates hearing on...

Govt consults on updated RDTI software guidelines

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Industry department has opened consultations on updated guidelines for software claims under the research and development tax incentive, after the federal government opted not to introduce a new...