Tag: Labor

Labor pledges $4m to help retain quantum research talent

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor has pledged $4 million in new funding to support Australian quantum researchers, promising to grow the strategically important sector and capitalise on the comparative advantage it has created...

Labor pledges $1.2 billion defence innovation agency

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A $1.2 billion independent strategic research agency will be established under a Labor government to drive defence innovation and boost collaboration between Defence and SMEs and universities. Opposition Leader...

Labor pledges to cut government outsourcing by $3b

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor has outlined a plan to cut government spending on contractors and consultants by $3 billion and scrap the controversial public sector jobs cap, along with a policy to...

Albanese pledges Labor focus on tech industry jobs

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor has adopted the Technology Council of Australia’s target of increasing the number of Australians employed in tech-related jobs by 340,000 to 1.2 million by the end of...

Labor to move on opaque tender reporting processes

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A Labor government would introduce new reporting requirements for government tenders, forcing agencies to provide more detail and consistency on the billions of dollars spent on external providers every...