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Government-led coinvestment funds move ahead

Government-backed investment funds have emerged as a key component of increasingly interventionist industrial policy strategies across the developed world. The is certainly the case in Australia, with the $15...

NRF took more than 100 inquiries without a formal process

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
At least 130 inquires about investment from the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund were made before a formal application channel was established, with businesses accessing multiple pathways in search...

Govt sets challenges for $7.5m BRII round

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The latest round of the federal government’s innovation challenge program for startups and small to medium business launched on Monday, offering up to $7.5 million through a staged process...

The NRF: An industry champion or a rent seeker’s delight?

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
The appointment of former Macquarie Bank executive Ivan Power as chief executive of the National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) was a low-key affair. Relative to the months-long anticipation of who...

Sending a finance guy to fix an industrial problem

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As soon as the Prime Minister was caught on the back-foot during an interview on Radio National about the slow progress in getting the National Reconstruction Fund ready to...

Ivan Power named inaugural NRF chief executive

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Former Macquarie Group executive Ivan Power has been named the inaugural chief executive of the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation. Mr Power, who has nearly 25 years’ experience in finance,...

Australia 2024: Before renewal, there must be a reckoning

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
This time next year, will we define 2024 as a year of renewal or reckoning for Australian industry and innovation policy, action, and output? The federal government, entering the...

Energy and skills top industry list of concerns: Sussan Ley

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Energy price uncertainty and skills shortages top the list of concerns for Australian industry, according to deputy Opposition leader and shadow Industry minister Sussan Ley. She says local industry had...

Slow NRF ‘not meeting expectations’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government’s flagship industry support program has received hundreds of approaches for investment despite lacking a formal application process, months after it was declared “open for business”. The...