Tag: NRF

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...

Breaking down the policy decision-making silos

Posted on   |  by Professor Johanna Weaver
The Albanese government has shown a clear commitment to uplift Australia’s technology capability, but does it have a minister willing and able to lead a coordinated national effort?  Siloed...

Foreign companies with Aust operations will be eligible for NRF

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Foreign companies will be eligible for investments, loans and guarantees through the National Reconstruction Fund, Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has confirmed, following last week’s launch of the...

NRF gets its investment mandate, now open for business

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government has declared the National Reconstruction Fund open for business, officially delivering the NRF Corporation its investment mandate – the investment framework that will guide decisions and...

Beyond the NRF: The nation’s search for industry policy

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
Back in August, just after the announcement of the National Reconstruction Fund Board, Industry and Science minister Ed Husic reminded us that “policy is shaped by the times it...

Bridging the funding gap between industry and Defence

Posted on   |  by David Waterhouse
The Valley of Death is real. As any Deep Tech or advanced manufacturing entrepreneur knows, there is a chasm between innovation and commercialisation that must be fully funded or...

‘Pools of capability’ bridge research commercialisation gap

Posted on   |  by Nicole Bittar
‘Enabling the enablers’ in any thriving sector is a two-way street. Business leaders must continue to focus on industry-led commercialisation capability as a call to action for government support....