Tag: tim ayres

Husic saddles up for another sovereign capability fight

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Former Industry minister Ed Husic spent a decade advocating for the tech sector from opposition, long before he had joined even the shadow Cabinet. Old habits certainly die hard,...

The ‘industrial statecraft’ behind Labor’s bailouts

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Industry minister Tim Ayres refuses to let strategic production operations shutter or move offshore, warning Australia would not only lose blue collar jobs, it would be far less likely...

Food manufacturing report gets late, lite govt response

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Albanese government has delayed decisions on productivity-boosting innovation precincts and manufacturing facilities in its overdue response to a parliamentary inquiry into the food and beverage sector that contains...

Buy Australian campaign must first target Canberra

Posted on   |  by James Riley
This week the federal government is asking Australians to buy Australian-made products as part of the annual Buy Australian Week. Local technology companies would prefer that the federal government...

Budget drop: CSIRO gets a last-minute funding boost

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Just months after announcing hundreds of research scientist redundancies, Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has been thrown a budget lifeline. In November the agency said it would shed up...

PsiQuantum’s grand plan for Brisbane remains just that

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
In April 2024, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and then-Queensland Premier Steven Miles stood beside PsiQuantum founders Jeremy O’Brien and Terry Rudolph to announce a $940 million public stake in...

PsiQuantum yet to submit Brisbane site plans two years on

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
California-based startup PsiQuantum is yet to break ground in constructing its stadium-sized quantum computing facility at Brisbane Airport, two years after the federal and Queensland governments staked close to...

ANU spinout raises $70m to scale Aussie manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Liquid Instruments, a Canberra-based startup building world-class software-defined test and measurement tools, has secured a $70 million Series C funding round led by the National Reconstruction Fund and US...