Tag: Industry department

Govt brings in Deloitte to help with hydrogen grants

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has brought in multinational consultancy Deloitte to assist in dishing out Commonwealth funds to hydrogen projects as concerns grow over outsourcing within the Industry department. Industry...

Labor skewers industry portfolio’s ‘revolving door’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor has questioned whether the government is taking the industry department seriously amid a “revolving door” of ministers and machinery of government changes. At a Senate Estimates hearing on...

Govt consults on updated RDTI software guidelines

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Industry department has opened consultations on updated guidelines for software claims under the research and development tax incentive, after the federal government opted not to introduce a new...

Treasury takes control of small business policy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Small business policy and programs responsibility has been moved to Treasury from the Department of Industry as part of a Machinery of Government rearrangement. The Administrative Arrangements Order, signed...

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...

Deloitte to deliver R&D tax incentive platform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A new platform for the delivery of the federal government’s research and development tax incentive will be launched next year, with consulting giant Deloitte landing a $1 million contract...