Tag: NSW

NSW Digital Restart Fund ‘fractured’ service design

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The NSW Digital Restart Fund has led to “fractured thinking” in service design that is opening the possibility of more Robodebt style disasters in public administration, the state’s information...

NSW govt tweaks procurement rules ahead of bigger changes

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government has raised the threshold for agencies to procure directly from smaller businesses as it seeks more fundamental changes to the current devolved procurement model...

NSW to hold ideas summit for innovation policy reform

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The reset of New South Wales innovation policy will get underway early next year at an ideas summit for industry, universities and all levels of government. Collaboration, diversity and...

NSW govt axes manufacturing commissioner

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Minns government has quietly cut the role of Modern Manufacturing Commissioner, ending the tenure of Lisa Emerson after just one year and raising more questions about the state’s...

NSW govt promises fresh start for state innovation

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
After slashing funding in Tuesday’s Budget, the Minns government has promised a new ‘innovation blueprint’ to spur startups, emerging technologies and sectors like advanced manufacturing and energy. Announced on...

A $94m fund for more NSW government tech and cyber apprentices

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
New South Wales government departments and state-owned corporations will train more IT and cybersecurity apprentices through a $93.5 million skills push by the Minns government. Confirmed in the new...

NSW govt cuts innovation grants, trims others

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A handful of industry and innovation grant programs put on hold by the New South Wales government earlier this year are set to restart with reduced funding in the...

Funding furore as NSW flags innovation program cuts

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
New South Wales state Labor says the previous Coalition government had made unannounced cuts to the Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) program among a slew of other cuts...