Tag: Meghan Quinn

Industry secretary Meghan Quinn lands top Defence post

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Meghan Quinn will step down as the top bureaucrat at the Department of Industry, Science and Resources after four years to become Australia’s new Defence secretary. Ms Quinn will...

OpenAI picks up more govt work amid lobbying blitz

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
US tech giant OpenAI has secured its second federal contract while ratcheting up a policy and sales blitz in Canberra that includes private meeting with Anthony Albanese’s Cabinet and...

‘Somebody has to lose’: Why reshaping R&D is so hard

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
As a generational review of Australia’s research and development system prepares recommendations for wholesale change, the country’s top industry mandarin warns some stakeholders will be left unhappy. Industry department...

‘Possibly a sham’: Quantum EoI baited local market

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has been accused of running a misleading quantum computing EoI that baited information from local players while commercial discussions with PsiQuantum were already well advanced. Current...

Industry dept opens up on ‘secret’ quantum EoI

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...

Govt to appoint NRF board ‘very soon’: Husic

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The independent board that will have the final say on investments through the Albanese government’s flagship $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is close to being appointed. Industry and science...

‘Self-evident’ NRF won’t add to inflation: Industry

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
No explicit modelling on the inflationary impact of the National Reconstruction Fund has been undertaken because it is “self-evident” that the fund will not add to inflation, according to...