Tag: Investment

$37m to bring high-altitude balloon company to Victoria

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Breakthrough Victoria has invested $37 million to bring US-based observation balloon company World View to the state, its largest single investment to date. The company will use the funding...

$330m to power forward emissions reduction tech

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Nine heavy industry projects will share in $330 million worth of federal government grants to fund the use of clean energy and emissions reduction technologies. The grants, announced by...

Solar Sunshot subsidies to flow from 2026

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Solar module manufacturers will start competing for their share of $1 billion in production subsidies within months, with funding expected to flow from mid-2026 to help meet a 10...

Future Made in Australia: Treasurer rubbishes inflation claims

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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...

$22m global green industry program opens

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A new $22 million grant program for Australian and Austrian companies developing technologies that decarbonise hard-to-abate industries has opened to applicants. The Australia – Austria Industrial Decarbonisation Demonstration Partnerships...

Defence to spend $1bn a year on ICT

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Defence will nearly double its planned investments in enterprise ICT compared to 2020, expecting to spend up to $1 billion annually after changes to its digital governance. Total planned...

Govt eyes future ASCA expansion

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The Albanese government has opened the door to expanding the remit of Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator to other national security agencies less than a year after it was...