Tag: Penny Wong

Unis forced to screen all foreign research engagements

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Universities will be legally required to screen research projects’ risk to “national interest” for the first time under new efforts to protect against espionage and knowledge theft or misappropriation...

Podcast: PM lifts tech focus in new ministry

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
In this episode of Commercial Disco, host James Riley and InnovationAus.com editor Justin Hendry discuss the Cabinet reshuffle following the Albanese government’s landslide victory in the May federal election....

AUKUS tech trade reforms set for sign-off

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia and United States are poised to unlock billions of dollars in licence-free defence trade on within weeks after the US agreed to sign off on legislation enabling AUKUS...

Science diplomacy grants open after lengthy wait

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government on Wednesday opened applications for science diplomacy grants that were announced nearly three years ago. The grants get going after surviving a cut in last year’s...

Singapore-Aus Green Economy pact by end of year: Penny Wong

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Ahead of her attendance at the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Bali, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Wednesday that the Singapore-Australia Green Economy Agreement currently being negotiated would...