Tag: SME

Defence industry inquiry wraps up without recommendations

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A Senate inquiry into the Department of Defence’s support for local industry has wrapped up without offering any recommendations to boost sovereign capability or address procurement deficiencies. The Senate...

Marles wants faster ASCA missions after complaints

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Defence minister Richard Marles has defended the work of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator after reports emerged that the design phase on its first mission had been mismanaged. But...

Extended Reality tech is going off with a boom

Posted on   |  by Rhiannon Phillips, Emma Murtagh and Alanna Koh
Extended Reality (XR) is game-changing technology, and Queensland has the talent to become a global player in this booming industry. Over the past decade, the global use of XR...

Blueprint for a 3D-printed future for manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Simon Marriott, Dr Frank Wagner and Dr Matthew Young
Australian manufacturing finds itself at a pivotal moment, grappling with myriad challenges that have led to its contribution to GDP dwindling to a record low of 5.4 per cent....

Govt hunts more contractors for budding scaleup program

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Industry department has issued a call out for more external advisers for its $392 million commercialisation program to meet strong demand from startups in Victoria and NSW, eight...

Defence supply chain program skews to a handful of SMEs

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Fewer than a dozen companies secured most of the benefit under Defence’s Global Supply Chain Program in its first 15 years, according to an independent review kept under wraps...

Defence accelerator clocks one year at top speed

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator is firing on all cylinders, according to its head Professor Emily Hilder, who says she is “surprised” by how much work her small team...

Export market grants get a modest bump for next round

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Grants awarded under the reformed Export Market Development Grant program will be worth at least $20,000 following the introduction of a minimum value and a shift to a first-come,...

Govt ends ERP ‘lock-out’ with new marketplace

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has unveiled its ERP marketplace, giving departments and agencies a choice of local and multinational software vendors for their back-office system for the first time since...