Tag: manufacturing

NSW appoints taskforce to develop manufacturing strategy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government has appointed business and research leaders as members of its manufacturing taskforce, with the group to spend the next four months reviewing options for...

Trade expert backs Aust science and research

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s policy makers should make a strategic investment in leading edge science to grow future industries, according to a global trade expert, who warns it is difficult to compete...

Interview: Christian Porter on the industry portfolio

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry, Science and Technology minister Christian Porter has mapped a layered set of priorities for Australia’s manufacturing-led recovery that preserves existing jobs, plugs supply-chain and capability gaps, and keeps...

$800m MMI grants program open to rorts: Labor

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor industry spokesman Ed Husic has written to Scott Morrison urging him to commit to following the advice of the department in disbursing an $800 million manufacturing grant program,...

PM to get final say on $800m manufacturing grants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The guidelines for the collaboration stream of the federal government’s flagship manufacturing program have been released, with grants of up to $200 million for large “transformation” projects to be...

Can manufacturing escape the new Covid strains?

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Sitting in my hotel room in Melbourne I am beginning to feel anxious at being away from home with the onset of a Sydney lockdown that bodes ill for...