Tag: procurement

Albanese on tech skills, procurement and industry policy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says skilled migration would be an important short-term fix for chronic tech skills shortages, but ultimately it would be smart education and training policy that...

Husic puts a spotlight on foreign research collaborations

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has set the hares running on the issue of sovereign capability, local research, and the need to retain intellectual property in Australia in...

Fixing procurement must start with better data: Thompson

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
In relation to purchases of information technology, the federal government is currently not able to properly understand with any real clarity what it is buying, from whom it is...

NSW Govt looks for innovation through tech procurement

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Dozens of technology suppliers gathered in Sydney on Tuesday for a state government roundtable on “innovative procurement pathways”. The meeting is part of a push for the New South...

Labor doubles SME target share of $70b in govt contracts

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Commonwealth Procurement Rules have been changed to give small and medium sized businesses a bigger slice of the $70 billion the federal government spends annually on contracts and...

More grants for West Aussie innovators and SMEs

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Two new grants programs targeted at startups and small to medium sized businesses have opened in Western Australia, with just over $2.1 million available overall. The latest rounds of...