Tag: Kim Carr

Research grants to be reviewed

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
A future Shorten Government has promised it will end political interference in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) grants process. “Bill Shorten has declared that if Labor wins the upcoming...

The future of the Growth Centres

Posted on   |  by James Riley
When the Industry Growth Centres initiative was launched by then Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane in 2014, it was aimed at encouraging Australian business...

Senate: R&D tax changes on hold

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s plan to give the research and development tax incentive a $2.4 billion haircut has hit a roadblock, with its own senate committee calling on the legislation to...

Electric car policy ‘weak and shallow’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Senate committee’s recommendations for increasing the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia were “shallow and weak”, according to one of the independent senators involved in writing its report. The...

Labor to open ICT procurement

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Opposition’s new “local projects, local jobs” procurement policy would help small Australian tech companies secure government contracts, shadow industry minister Kim Carr said. A slew of Labor shadow...

Labor to ‘preserve’ R&D tax scheme

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal opposition has pledged to “preserve” the research and development tax incentive after accusing the government of “wrecking” the popular scheme. At the Labor Party’s national conference in...

Labor confronts AI underspending

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor’s National Conference has formally adopted into its platform a significantly boosted policy profile for artificial intelligence, committing a future Shorten government to the development of new AI capability...

Funding spotlight on Growth Centres

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The future of the government’s signature Industry Growth Centres program is under a growing cloud with Labor industry spokesman Kim Carr openly questioning whether the public is getting value...

Funding delays are ‘grossly unfair’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The latest ever announcement of Australian Research Council funding has placed Australia’s innovation system “at risk”, according to the federal Opposition. And industry lobby Science and Technology Australia says...