Tag: Arthur Sinodinos

Michaelia Cash’s new space race

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Acting Industry Minister Michaelia Cash says the creation of a spanking new National Space Agency marks the start of a “new era” of space science and innovation in Australia....

New space agency is a huge win

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian space industry leaders have hailed the Commonwealth’s “historic” creation of a national space agency, saying it will lead to thousands of local jobs and help coordinate the growing...

Sinodinos takes some time out

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Just hours after unveiling a strategic review of the Australian Government’s digital economy policies, Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos has announced he will take leave of absence from the Parliament...

Search still on for women’s panel

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government is still looking for members to fill Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos’ women’s advisory roundtable more than six months after it was announced. Mr Sinodinos first revealed the...

States vie for space agency pie

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Competition between states to host the proposed Australian space agency is heating up, with a number of governments already putting their cases forward to the Commonwealth for consideration. The...

AgTech a winner at iAwards 2017

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Another year and another group of Australia’s most innovative companies have been recognised for their excellent work at this year’s Australian Information Industry Association’s prestigious iAwards. AgTech startup The...

BioTech translation gets a boost

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
The federal government hopes a new biomedical research centre will help overcome Australia’s less than stellar record at making something real from its basic research. The deal announced Thursday...

Sports tech an export bright spot

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Sports Technology Network (ASTN) wants to revive a version of a deal struck in the dying days of the second Rudd Labor government that could see Australia’s...

Suddenly space is really, really big

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The US famously went from nowhere to the moon in ten years, so maybe Australia can get a space agency up and running in three times that time period....