Tag: budget

No lifeline for Industry Growth Centres

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Industry Growth Centres did not receive a budget lifeline on Tuesday, confirming the end of government support for the long running program which has had its remaining budget...

SA Budget: Lot 14 boost and digital restart plans

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The South Australian government will invest more than $20 million into its innovation precinct Lot Fourteen, open a new fund which supports the federal manufacturing strategy, and has detailed...

Investment NSW gets an innovation war chest

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government’s newest agency has been allocated more than $400 million to attract investment and foster innovation in the state, less than three months after being...

NSW ‘Secret weapon’: $500m boost for digital restart fund

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government has allocated a further $500m to its Digital Restart Fund, expanding Australia’s biggest government digital infrastructure program beyond $2 billion and extending it a...

NSW govt’s $28m bushfire tech R&D mission

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The NSW government will allocate $28 million to bushfire research and development in next week’s state budget, with an Emerging Industry Infrastructure Fund to also be unveiled. NSW Treasurer...

Qld ‘priority industries’ get $350m budget boost

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A $3.34 billion Queensland Jobs Fund is the centrepiece of the state’s budget, which promises to capitalise on strong growth by supporting eight priority industries and renewable energy investment...

Alarm as STEM support gets the cold shoulder

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An association representing thousands of engineering, science and IT workers has slammed the government for its failure to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the budget. Professionals Australia,...

We need an overarching innovation strategy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Tuesday’s budget saw technology elevated to new importance. But it lacked the bold bets and overarching strategy needed to support Australia’s new economies, according to innovation experts, who have...

Budget lacks basic science funding

Posted on   |  by John Shine
The story of the past year has been the pandemic: from the first outbreaks in early 2020, the identification of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and methods to detect it, through...