Tag: Department of Industry

$250m in MMI grants reach contract as others remain on hold

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
More than $480 million in funding through the largest stream of the former Morrison government’s flagship manufacturing grants program remains up in the air, with only five grants worth...

Husic updates national interest Critical Technologies list

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has released a refreshed 2023 ‘List of Critical Technologies’ identifying seven key areas of national interest, after a review found the need for...

Nuclear waste is a $476m problem even before AUKUS

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A long-planned nuclear waste facility to store and dispose of radioactive material that has built up over decades has secured significant funding after the former Coalition government settled on...

Full Monty ambition for critical mineral supply chains

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has opened the funding taps on a range of measures specifically designed to get Australian critical minerals projects locked into the global supply chains. The new...

Biggest RDTI spend this financial year: Industry dept

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Research and Development Tax Incentive scheme is estimated to reach its highest total value this financial year, according to new data from the Department of Industry, Science and...

Commercialisation programs restructure underway: Husic

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Industry and science minister Ed Husic is restructuring the Industry department’s suite of programs to ensure they support businesses developing new technologies at all stages of growth, prior to...

Australia’s AI policy, programs on ice

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government is still weighing its approach to regulating and funding artificial intelligence, including keeping a now year-old consultation on the back burner and pausing or scrapping grant...

Industry dept told to report weekly on MMI grant progress

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Industry minister Ed Husic has asked his department to report weekly on the progress it has made signing off grants that were awarded through the former Morrison government’s $1.3...