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Aust-US begin strategic industries partnership

The inaugural Australia-United States Strategic Commercial Dialogue was held last Thursday, cementing bilateral commitments to sustainable investment in areas of common commercial interest such as critical minerals and supply...

Tehan’s taskforce and the million-dollar McKinsey mystery

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Trade minister Dan Tehan has declined to provide almost any detail about a lucrative contract his department awarded to global consulting giants McKinsey last year, with the Opposition slamming...

Scramble to secure AdBlue supply amid global shortage

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The manufacturer responsible for the only domestic source of a critical chemical diesel exhaust fluid will close its Brisbane plant next year, despite a looming shortage threatening to disrupt...

Australia refuses to co-sponsor COVID-19 vaccine IP waiver

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia will not co-sponsor a waiver of COVID-19 vaccine intellectual property to improve access in developing countries, with the federal government instead opting to try to find a compromise...

PM pledges $2b loan facility to critical mineral exporters

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government has committed $2 billion to a new 10-year loan facility for Australian critical minerals projects to help establish more businesses and onshore more of the value...

Australia finally backs COVID-19 vaccine IP waiver

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia will officially back the scrapping of COVID-19 vaccine intellectual property rules to assist developing nations in accessing cheaper vaccines following months of campaigning and protests against the federal...

Australian Research Council is ‘hunting spies’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Ministerial vetoes of research grants and a “dossier” of applicants’ potential foreign influence are putting Australian academics’ reputations at risk and threatening the integrity of the national research funding...