Transcript - Doorstop – Bluescope Steelworks – Port Kembla

Topics: Australia’s steel industry and the impact of the Indonesia-Australia free trade agreement.E&OE:Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells: Well thank you very much for joining us this morning, it’s a great pleasure to welcome Minister Karen Andrews here to the Illawarra. Not her first visit, not her first visit I think, in a... read more »

New round of Mets funding ignites eight projects

The Liberal National Government is supporting the mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector, with funding of more than $4 million going into eight projects.The grants under Tranche 3 of the METS Ignited Project Funds initiative will be boosted by a further $6.9 million cash contribution from industry, with thi... read more »

Coalition grows digital economy by $14B

Australia’s digital economy has grown by approximately $14 billion under the Coalition Government, according to a new Australian Bureau of Statistics report just released.The ABS research paper finds that digital economy activities grew rapidly, both in current price and volume. Domestic production of digital products has g... read more »

French connection for innovation and science

A delegation of senior French leaders from research organisations and universities is visiting Australia this week to further strengthen our science and innovation relationship with France. The French Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Ms Frédérique Vidal, is leading a delegation of 50 French expert... read more »

CSIRO & Boeing teamwork soars

CSIRO and Boeing have taken their teamwork to new heights with the announcement today of 20 new joint research projects.Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews congratulated the organisations for their cooperation, saying CSIRO and Boeing are both leaders in their respective fields.“For 30 years they have exp... read more »

Doorstop – Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville

Topics: AIMS Index of Marine Industry, flood support for North Queensland businesses and Security of PaymentsE&OE:Karen Andrews: Well, it’s a pleasure to be here this morning at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, to officially launch the AIMS index into marine industries. We know that the marine industries in Australia p... read more »

Advisers to help flood-affected businesses in North QLD

The Liberal National Government is providing a team of dedicated on-the-ground advisers to help flood-affected businesses in North Queensland.Funded by the Coalition Government’s Entrepreneurs’ Programme, the business advisers will run workshops in the region from March to June.Minister for Industry, Science and Technology,... read more »

Blue economy supporting national prosperity

Australia’s marine industry is making an annual contribution of almost $70 billion to the national economy, according to a report released today. Commissioned by Australia’s tropical marine science agency, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), the AIMS Index of Marine Industry is a biennial update of the i... read more »

Labor deflecting from their taxes

Labor’s announcement today is another poor attempt to distract from their $200 billion in new and increased taxes.If Labor cared about tradies they would scrap the new taxes they are planning to introduce, which will directly hurt hundreds of thousands of tradies.Labor’s plan to scrap negative gearing as we know it and incr... read more »

New dedicated Medicare item for heart health checks on the Gold Coast

The Liberal National Government will ensure that residents on the Gold Coast at risk of heart disease receive timely and appropriate medical advice with the creation of a new Medicare item for heart health checks.Local Gold Coast member, Karen Andrew, said from April 1 this year a new dedicated MBS item for heart health checks w... read more »