BACKING AUSSIE STARTUPS OWNED AND LED BY WOMEN

Innovative, female-led startups across Australia are being backed by the Morrison Government, with nearly $12 million in support to help them scale up and grow their businesses. The Boosting Female Founders Initiative is supporting 51 female-founded startups that are majority owned and led by women, with grants of between $25,000 and $480,000. Minister for Industry,…

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GRANTS TO MODERNISE AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING

The Morrison Government is backing Australian manufacturers with shovel-ready projects that will create jobs and drive the country’s COVID-19 comeback, with applications now open for round two of the $52.8 million Manufacturing Modernisation Fund (MMF). Businesses will be able to apply for grants of between $100,000 and $1 million to invest in new technology to…

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BRIGHT STARS JOIN INSPIRING SUPERSTARS OF STEM

A marine ecologist, space technologist and neuroscientist are among 60 outstanding women in science, engineering, technology and mathematics (STEM) who have been named as the newest Superstars of STEM. Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews said the Superstars of STEM program plays a vital role in raising the profile of remarkable women across…

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ENSURING AUSSIES GET THEIR MONEY’S WORTH THIS CHRISTMAS

After a tough year for Australian families, the Morrison Government is making sure they can shop with confidence when buying their Christmas groceries, with a two-week blitz on fresh food sales. Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews said inspectors from the National Measurement Institute (NMI) would audit around 450 supermarkets, butchers, fresh fish…

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PHOSPHATE PROJECT TO POWER JOB CREATION IN THE NORTH

The Morrison Government is helping fast-track a $1.5 billion project to mine phosphate in the Northern Territory, which will create more than a thousand jobs and export opportunities for the Top End. Major Project Status has been awarded to the Ammaroo Phosphate Project, based in a remote part of the NT about 200 kilometres south-east…

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Research to protect and preserve the Great Barrier Reef

North Queensland’s iconic Great Barrier Reef will be better protected thanks to the Morrison Government’s investment in a $36.3 million research facility near Townsville. In this year’s Budget the Government provided funding to expand the National Sea Simulator (SeaSim), a specially designed facility for climate related coral reef research. Member for Dawson George Christensen said…

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