The Albanese government’s flagship industry policy is at risk of being undermined by plummeting investment in research and development, Australia’s universities and research groups are warning ahead of Tuesday’s...
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers is just days away from presenting his third Budget, one he says will prioritise cost of living relief and “future-making” in a net zero world....
The pages of our national newspapers are littered with debate about the merits of the Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia policy. Yet, the one factor that supporters and...
A $566 million decadal investment in critical minerals and other resource exploration will be included in the next federal budget in an effort to locate more of the raw...
Five “rigorous tests” will be legislated to determine which projects the Future Made in Australia agenda backs with billions in tax incentives, grants and direct investments, according to Treasurer...
The head of the Australia’s $15 billion industry fund has thrown his support behind the more interventionist approach of the Albanese government, as he prepares to turn on the...
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rejected “rubbish” claims that the government’s Future Made in Australia manufacturing package is inflationary, insisting the industry intervention will be “responsible in macroeconomic terms”. The...
The federal government has announced a $585 million loan package for two critical minerals processing projects in Queensland and South Australia through its existing loan facility. The funding, announced...
Global corporations and new technology investors pick winners all the time. But the ones who are good at it have worked out ways to do it without picking too...
Ask anyone what drives civilisational progress and typically the answer that comes back is science and technology. It’s generally true. But technology is a second order effect of energy....