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Govt to fund local mRNA vaccine manufacturing

The federal government has said it will develop an onshore mRNA vaccine manufacturing capability in Australia, but the actual amount of funding allocated to the significant task has been...

Govt flags ‘technology neutral’ law reforms

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government plans to introduce legislative reforms this year to make Australia’s laws “technology neutral” and make permanent many of the digital communications allowances introduced during the pandemic. Treasurer...

$540m Business Growth Fund ready to flow

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The $540 million Australian Business Growth Fund is about to turn on the taps, with its first investment of “patient capital” expected to be made by the end of...

Govt strikes deal with Facebook on bargaining code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
News content will return to Facebook for Australian users after the federal government agreed to make a series of last minute changes to the media bargaining code in order...

Media code changes makes law ‘workable’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will make a number of “technical” amendments to the media bargaining code to make it more “workable”, with the legislation set to sail through Parliament this...

Showdown looms for media bargaining code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is set to cave in to the demands of Google and Facebook, with preparations under way to water down its media bargaining code ahead of a...

Mandatory credit reporting scheme finally passes

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A mandatory comprehensive credit reporting will be in place in Australia from July after legislation underpinning the scheme finally passed Parliament, more than three years after it was first...

Bing! Microsoft ‘fully supports’ Big Tech-media code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Microsoft has thrown its full support behind the federal government’s media bargaining code, positioning its own search service as able to fill the void left by Google’s proposed withdrawal...

Govt won’t budge on Big Tech bargaining code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will not budge on its controversial Big Tech news media bargaining code, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison staring down significant threats from Facebook and Google ahead...