The first anniversary of founding of the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation passed quietly this week, unheralded and without celebration. It’s first year of operation has attracted mixed reviews. If...
With so little government investment into artificial intelligence research to unlock economic advantage, Australia has become an “AI cargo cult” waiting for ‘magical’ new products and services to be...
The inaugural chief executive of the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation, Ivan Power, has stepped down less than a year into the role. His departure for health reasons has opened...
The establishment of a corporation in charge of the Albanese government’s $15 billion manufacturing fund is being audited, with an outside firm quietly tapped to assist the federal audit...
The first cohort of scaleups in the Albanese government’s flagship innovation pipeline program have been unveiled, with $7.4 million in grants to be shared by five companies. The local...
Australia’s Economic Accelerator has concluded its Seed pilot program by awarding $11 million in federal grants to 36 research projects that have demonstrated commercialisation and translation potential. The final...
In our increasingly complex 21st century world of net zero targets, green energy transitions, fractured geopolitics and technologically-driven systems change, even Realpolitech can accept that the desire for some...
The independent entity steering the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund has racked up $8.7 million in expenses before making a single investment, as it approaches a one-year anniversary with...
The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation has appointed experienced investment fund manager Dr Mary Manning as its chief investment officer, who brings more than 25 years’ of experience to the...
The head of the Australia’s $15 billion industry fund has thrown his support behind the more interventionist approach of the Albanese government, as he prepares to turn on the...