Topics: Cooperative Research Centre projects, Labor’s retiree tax E&OE: Karen Andrews: Today, I’m announcing about $15 million in Federal Government funding to support nine projects to transform Australia’s recycling industry. So these are CRC, Cooperative Research Centre projects. Applications were called for last year. They closed in October and we are now announcing the nine…
DetailsTopics: Hayabusa2 return E&OE: David Penberthy: A slightly longer road trip has been had over the last five odd years; involves the Japanese space program that sought to retrieve material from an asteroid millions of kilometres from Earth. And when it was to return, it did so here in South Australia, in Woomera, in fact,…
DetailsTopics: Hayabusa2 E&OE: Rebecca Maddern: In breaking news, a Japanese spacecraft has been found after it ploughed through Earth’s atmosphere and landed in the South Australian desert this morning. For more on this, we are joined by astrophysicist Professor Alan Duffy from Swinburne University and the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews. Hello…
DetailsTopics: Manufacturing Modernisation Fund, medical research E&OE: Garth Hamilton: All right. Thank you all for coming today. It’s great to be here. I know it’s a little bit torturous on a hot day to come to an ice-cream factory and not be able to dive in. But thank you very much for being here, great…
DetailsTopics: Manufacturing Modernisation Fund E&OE: David Iliffe: Well, as I mentioned, there is a campaign to try to boost manufacturing in Australia, and this campaign- well this situation has been heightened by the growing tensions between Australia and China. This country is very dependent on China for many products that are manufactured there. When was…
DetailsTopics: Australia Post, Modern Manufacturing Strategy, COVID-19 vaccine, Queensland state election E&OE: David Speers: Karen Andrews, welcome to the program. Can I just start by asking whether you agree with your colleague Andrew Laming there? Should the heads of the NBN, Snowy Hydro, Australia Post, and so on earn multiple time what a High Court…
DetailsTopics: NZ election, Victorian COVID restrictions, Modern Manufacturing Strategy, Gladys Berejiklian. E&OE: Kieran Gilbert: Let’s go live now to the Gold Coast. I’m joined by Karen Andrews, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Minister, thanks very much for your time. A resounding win for Jacinda Ardern. Does it show yet again that at this time…
DetailsKAREN ANDREWS: Well, hello. It’s an absolute pleasure to be here at Neumanns here on the Gold Coast. Neumanns are, quite frankly, a shining lot of local manufacturing here on the Gold Coast, employing about 160 workers on this site, 350 across the Gold Coast and then more broadly, about 550. They’re a great example…
DetailsTopics: Additional funding for CSIRO, Modern Manufacturing Strategy, Budget 2020-21 E&OE: Karen Andrews: It’s an absolute pleasure to be here at CSIRO. This week, the Government has unveiled its plan for the economic recovery of this nation. Central to that, is a platform to make sure that we are creating the jobs that are needed…
DetailsTopics: 2020 Budget E&OE: Question: Minister, what more can the Government do for women? Is it actually doing enough? Karen Andrews: It’s absolutely doing enough for women. I totally reject the criticism that this Budget does not support women. We are providing significant funding for businesses – women are business owners. We are committed to…
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