Tag: Angus Taylor

Local AdBlue production up 800 per cent with govt subsidy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A $29 million government subsidy has helped Australian firm Incitec Pivot increase its domestic production of a critical diesel exhaust fluid eight-fold in a month, as a global shortage...

Govt spotlight on RegTech for latest BRII grants round

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A combined $1.6 million of federal grants have been awarded to 17 businesses for proposals that reduce regulatory compliance costs through the latest round of the Business Research and...

McKinsey paid $10k a day for AdBlue analysis

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government is paying a consulting giant nearly $10,000 a day for supply and demand analysis of a critical diesel exhaust fluid but refuses to disclose exactly how...

Govt reaches deal to expand local AdBlue production

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government has “struck an agreement” with Australia’s only manufacturer of a critical diesel exhaust fluid compound to increase its production as a global shortage threatens to take...

AdBlue, sovereign capability and a gas-led recovery

Posted on   |  by James Riley
For a government that has used advanced manufacturing, sovereign capability and a gas-led recovery as the organising principles underlying its industrial policy for the past 18 months, the sudden...

Just seven McKinsey staff used on $1.2m, six week report

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Just seven consultants were responsible for modelling the employment impacts of the Coalition’s net zero “plan”, under a $1.2 million contract handed to global giant McKinsey. The company has...

Gig Guide: UTS spaceman made fulltime Vice-Chancellor

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The University of Technology Sydney has ended its global search for a new vice-chancellor by sticking with acting leader Professor Andrew Parfitt. An Australian space industry veteran, Professor Parfitt...