Tag: Malcolm Turnbull

What now for Industry, Innovation and Science Australia?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s peak advisory body on industrial policy, Industry, Innovation and Science Australia, has not provided published advice since 2023. It has no chair and no deputy chair....

Govt defends blue hydrogen funding amid green push

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Albanese government has defended its investment in a controversial coal-to-hydrogen project with the Victorian state government because it honours a Turnbull-era commitment to Japanese partners. Pre-commercialisation support for...

Turnbull hopeful IRA can weather Trump

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is hopeful the US Inflation Reduction Act will be able to weather a second Trump administration given the powerful momentum now behind the clean...

Canberra culture is killing local procurement: Turnbull

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s innovation sector is stronger than ever but isn’t being matched by an appetite to innovate within government, according to former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who on Friday said...

Manufacturing is key in SunDrive’s $21m capital raise

Posted on   |  by James Riley
An elite cadre of top deep tech and cleantech venture investors have combined to deliver a $21 million Series A round into Sydney-based solar cell newcomer SunDrive with the...

Huawei ban fueled souring trade relations: China Ambassador

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Turnbull government’s decision to ban Huawei from building Australia’s 5G network created a “huge disruption” to trade relations and sent “very negative messages” to the Chinese public that...

Co-investment is key as Husic hands out bouquets

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Newly installed Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has a point to make about the co-investment model that brings government, business and institutional research together to solve challenges and...

Intangible asset depreciation policy is a 2015 reheat

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A flagship policy from the federal government’s $1.2 billion digital package around intangible asset depreciation is a rebranded policy from Malcolm Turnbull’s innovation agenda more than five years ago...

Huawei ban to blame for icy relations: China

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian government’s “unethical” and “illegal” ban of China’s global technology brand Huawei had contributed significantly to the deterioration of relations between the two nations, a senior Chinese diplomat...