Tag: Senate Estimates

Govt in-house consultancy progressing despite UK failure

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government looks set to unveil its in-house consultancy project at the May budget, with several options that consider the failings of the United Kingdom’s recently scrapped equivalent...

Undersea drone development stymied by regulatory gaps

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Regulatory gaps are holding back the deployment of undersea drones and other autonomous marine vehicles, according to the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Representatives from the Australian Institute of...

‘Honeypot’: Chief Scientist backs local mRNA manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley has backed the domestic manufacturing of US-developed mRNA vaccines, likening the new capability as a “honeypot” which will have benefits beyond Covid-19 and...

‘Tremendous failure’: Labor on local RAT manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Opposition says government missed a significant opportunity to rebuild Australian manufacturing around vaccines and rapid antigen tests, labelling the Coalition’s flagship $1.2 billion Modern Manufacturing Fund a “complete...

Govt senators ask CSIRO to justify plant-based protein work

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The national science agency has had to defend itself against accusations from government senators of an “anti-animal” influence on its research and investments, following a campaign by farming groups...

Govt paid McKinsey $6m for net-zero modelling work

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government paid US consulting giant McKinsey more than $6 million across this year to provide key modelling work for its technology-driven net-zero plan. Prime Minister Scott Morrison...

Agencies ‘hunting every night’ with offensive cyber capabilities

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s spy agency is “going hunting” for ransomware gangs “every night”, according to Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo, who has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to an offensive cyber capability....