Tag: Murray Watt

Milk algorithms, beef e-certs among $6m in regtech grants

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Algorithms for milk supply chain audits, beef e-certifications and emissions tracking systems for rice crops are among the 15 projects to share in $6 million in federal regtech grants...

Govt-wide ban looms for China-linked cameras

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Attorney General has sought advice on a government-wide ban of surveillance equipment linked to the Chinese Communist Party after an unofficial audit found at least 900 devices being...

‘Secret’ Growth Centre report remains secret under Labor

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A ‘secret’ performance review of the Industry Growth Centre program that Labor campaigned relentlessly while in Opposition to be made public remains locked up inside the Industry department more...

‘Tremendous failure’: Labor on local RAT manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Opposition says government missed a significant opportunity to rebuild Australian manufacturing around vaccines and rapid antigen tests, labelling the Coalition’s flagship $1.2 billion Modern Manufacturing Fund a “complete...

Govt blocks release of manufacturing grants briefings

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has blocked the release of departmental briefing documents for its billion-dollar manufacturing fund, amid Labor’s accusations that rorting has been “baked-in” to the grant scheme. The...

Govt ‘stonewalls’ release of Growth Centres report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has again blocked the release of a report into its Industry Growth Centres after refusing to comply with a Senate order, claiming it is still being...

Growth Centres are on their own from 2022

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
The federal government has all but confirmed that the six Industry Growth Centres will be on their own and receive no government funding after June 2022, at which time...

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...