Tag: Senate Estimates

McKinsey met with minister 22 times on cyber strategy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Home Affairs and Cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil met with representatives from her former employer McKinsey & Co 22 times this year as it helped develop Australia’s upcoming cyber strategy....

AFP may expand PwC investigation, re-evaluates contracts

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Australian Federal Police may expand the remit of an investigation of global consulting giant PwC over the firm’s use of confidential Treasury information to market tax minimisation schemes...

Govt in-house consultancy progressing despite UK failure

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government looks set to unveil its in-house consultancy project at the May budget, with several options that consider the failings of the United Kingdom’s recently scrapped equivalent...

Undersea drone development stymied by regulatory gaps

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Regulatory gaps are holding back the deployment of undersea drones and other autonomous marine vehicles, according to the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Representatives from the Australian Institute of...

‘Honeypot’: Chief Scientist backs local mRNA manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley has backed the domestic manufacturing of US-developed mRNA vaccines, likening the new capability as a “honeypot” which will have benefits beyond Covid-19 and...

‘Tremendous failure’: Labor on local RAT manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Opposition says government missed a significant opportunity to rebuild Australian manufacturing around vaccines and rapid antigen tests, labelling the Coalition’s flagship $1.2 billion Modern Manufacturing Fund a “complete...

Govt senators ask CSIRO to justify plant-based protein work

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The national science agency has had to defend itself against accusations from government senators of an “anti-animal” influence on its research and investments, following a campaign by farming groups...