Tag: Christian Porter

Govt gives IT resellers $7m for SME cyber support

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A cohort of “trusted” companies will share in $6.9 million in federal government grants to support SME cyber awareness and resilience, with nearly 40 per cent of the money...

Govt co-invests $8.4m to commercialise Australian IP

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Twelve companies have shared in $8.4 million in co-investment from the government in the latest round of its Accelerating Commercialisation grant program. Announced Tuesday by Industry Minister Christian Porter,...

BRII grants open to Australian Regtechs

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government has opened its Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) to regtechs, challenging them to develop digital solutions for the governance of corporations, livestock, autonomous marine systems and...

SKA telescope gets $387m shot in the arm

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has committed a further $387 million to the massive Square Kilometre Array radio telescope in Western Australia’s Murchison region, including $64 million that will...

Boycotting the Industry minister is a terrible idea

Posted on   |  by James Riley
That the tech sector should somehow disengage from industry policy because it is unhappy with Christian Porter’s appointment as the new Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science is a...

Facing the Husic: Labor’s Industry focus

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
It was either fortuitous timing or smart politics that led to Labor to unveil its flagship industry policy less than 24 hours after the Prime Minister buried his most...

Andrews’ promotion is a manufacturing loss

Posted on   |  by Brent Balinski
For a long time, manufacturing lacked an industry minister with a lock on the job, there for the long term and with the necessary, hard-won credibility it takes to...

Industry groups welcome new tech ministers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Industry and professional groups are confident the local technology sector will not be lost in Monday’s cabinet reshuffle, which saw Karen Andrews elevated from the Industry portfolio to Home...

Tech portfolios are where the bodies get buried

Posted on   |  by James Riley
What does it say about this government’s attitude to science and technology that the Prime Minister ‘buries’ his two most controversial Cabinet members by giving them tech-heavy portfolios, regardless...