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Vehicle emissions standard could be on the table ahead of electric vehicle summit

Car-makers are hopeful the government could introduce carbon emission limits on car makers, as a new report finds standards could…

Roy Green on the urgency of the industry task ahead

As a result of the massive fiscal stimulus applied during the Covid-19 crisis, together with close to net zero immigration,…

Michelle Simmons on building a quantum manufacturing industry

Quantum computing trailblazer Professor Michelle Simmons has backed the new Labor government’s push to ensure IP-generating research is retained in…

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Public trust in science buoys ahead of National Science Week

An annual survey launched as part of National Science Week has found that Australians have retained a strong trust in…

Husic calls for trigger on gas prices

Industry Minister Ed Husic says Australia's gas supply issues will continue for some as he argues for a price-related gas…

Plans to halt slide in govt R&D spending

The Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic has kicked-off discussions with Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley on initiatives…

Labor’s Husic to convene tech skills roundtable

Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic will convene a special tech industry roundtable to decide on urgent action to address…

Husic puts a spotlight on foreign research collaborations

Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has set the hares running on the issue of sovereign capability, local research, and…

Govt review of Coalition’s manufacturing grants a ‘matter of priority’

The new Labor government is reviewing the near-billion dollars in manufacturing grants dished out by the Coalition in the lead…

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A Future Made in Australia office waits on detail

Labor got a solid round of applause when it unveiled plans for a Future Made in Australia Office last October…

‘Did not comply with rules’: Audit office lashes entrepreneur program

The awarding of $160 million worth of contracts to delivery partners under the Industry department’s Entrepreneurs’ Programme was “deficient in…

Australia’s quantum leap just got real: Chief Scientist

As quantum technologies promise to disrupt conventional computing and its underlying semiconductor industry, a Sydney company’s world first offers a…

Co-investment is key as Husic hands out bouquets

Newly installed Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has a point to make about the co-investment model that brings government,…

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We’ll fight to keep quantum ‘heroes’ here: Husic

A small team of physicists in Sydney have been lauded as “national heroes” by new Science and Industry minister Ed…

Good morning, early birds. Unvaccinated teachers will be back in classrooms in Victoria next week, and a former senior executive…

Govt chips in $4m to new deep space antenna in WA

Construction has begun on a new deep space antenna in regional Western Australia, with the new Labor government chipping in…

Australian scientists lead Queen’s Birthday Honours

Australian scientists have led this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honors, making up over half of those awarded Companion of the Australian…

Anthony Albanese shows he’s a big-picture empath – more like Hawke than Rudd or Gillard

In these opening weeks, the new prime minister is drawing on Labor songlines from the 1980s and 90s

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MMI recipient calls for procurement over one-off grants

The executive director of Western Australian advanced manufacturing firm Adarsh Australia has called on the new federal government to enhance…

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NASA rockets set for landmark NT blast off

For the first time since 1995 NASA rockets will launch from Australia later this month in an attempt to investigate…

Anthony Albanese talks with Timor-Leste leadership as he flies to Indonesia for official visit

Ahead of Jakarta trip, PM flagged push for deeper ties with neighbours while ‘recognising the challenges’ of China’s involvement in…

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‘We’re going to fix it’: Husic’s clarion call to Australian science

Ed Husic has begun his leadership of the Industry and Science portfolio by thanking Australia’s scientists and promising to listen…

Australia’s first Muslim federal ministers Anne Aly and Ed Husic hope appointments mark ‘new era’ of inclusivity

Aly and Husic, sworn in holding Qurans, say they feel the ‘weight of the moment’ after past Islamophobia and division

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Michelle Simmons: double ARC funding and focus on translation

Silicon Quantum Computing chief executive and 2022 Bakerian Medal winner Michelle Simmons says incoming industry minister Ed Husic’s focus on…

Australia's first two Muslim federal ministers sworn into office in historic moment

Labor MP Ed Husic said he "felt the weight of the moment" to be one of the first two Muslim…