Tag: Bill Shorten

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Rolled-gold: ServicesAus deal

Revelations that the federal government is paying McKinsey a standard “day rate” of up to $16,000 for senior partners to provide strategic advice on the design of government services...

Labor reignites robo-debt debate

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor has called on the government to scrap the “seriously malfunctioning” robo-debt program, the first time it has pushed for the controversial scheme to be stopped entirely. Former Opposition...

Labor reignites robo-debt debate

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor has called on the government to scrap the “seriously malfunctioning” robo-debt program, the first time it has pushed for the controversial scheme to be stopped entirely. Former Opposition...

Shorten picks up Gov’t Services

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has been soft-landed into the shadow Cabinet in the challenging NDIS and service delivery portfolio, while the experienced Brendan O’Connor takes an expanded brief...

Carr backs out of shadow ministry

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Veteran Labor industry spokesman Kim Carr has announced he will not renominate to be part of the next Labor shadow ministry. “I have spoken to Anthony Albanese and told...

After miracle win, the work starts

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Scott Morrison hailed the Coalition’s shock election win as a “miracle”, on a disastrous night for the Labor Party. Despite every poll and political pundit predicting a comfortable Labor...

Election roundup: Technology policy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
While technology and innovation-focused policies have not been nearly as front and centre during this election campaign as they were in 2016, there have still been a number of...

Getting dudded on tech policy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It should not surprise anyone who works in science and technology that their interests did not form any part of the key messaging of either major party during the...

An innovation shy Shorten reply

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Shadow industry minister Kim Carr spent Wednesday chiding his government counterpart – the Minister for Industry, Science and Research Karen Andrews – because she “couldn’t even get the word...

Research grants to be reviewed

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
A future Shorten Government has promised it will end political interference in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) grants process. “Bill Shorten has declared that if Labor wins the upcoming...