Tag: Christian Porter

Govt issues first commercial rocket flight permit

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
South Australian space company Southern Launch will send a Taiwanese rocket into sub-orbit after receiving the first local permit for commercial rocket activities from the federal government. Taiwanese private...

Collaboration premium for $800m industry grants

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Industry department has unveiled guidelines for Australian manufacturers to apply for a share of $800 million under the big-ticket Collaboration Stream of the federal government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative....

Govt blocks release of manufacturing grants briefings

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has blocked the release of departmental briefing documents for its billion-dollar manufacturing fund, amid Labor’s accusations that rorting has been “baked-in” to the grant scheme. The...

Govt ‘stonewalls’ release of Growth Centres report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has again blocked the release of a report into its Industry Growth Centres after refusing to comply with a Senate order, claiming it is still being...

Porter ‘open minded’ on software R&D tax

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry minister Christian Porter says he is open-minded about a separate R&D Tax Incentive scheme for software but will not consider the issue until a Senate committee reports in...

Interview: Christian Porter on the industry portfolio

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry, Science and Technology minister Christian Porter has mapped a layered set of priorities for Australia’s manufacturing-led recovery that preserves existing jobs, plugs supply-chain and capability gaps, and keeps...

‘Devastating’: female founders’ grants stuff-up

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Hundreds of female entrepreneurs were incorrectly told they had been successful in their application for a federal government grants program after an error saw a congratulatory email sent out...

Govt dishes out $7m in commercialisation grants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government has handed 15 Australian manufacturers a total of $7.1 million to help their commercialised products, with New South Wales projects accounting for nearly half the initiatives...

Southern Launch gets second site licence

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Adelaide space tech Southern Launch has been granted a second launch site licence from the Commonwealth for a facility 680km west of the capital. The approval allows the company...