The Morrison Government is supporting Australian manufacturers to innovate and grow, with $55 million in grants awarded to 86 businesses across the country, including two on the southern Gold Coast. Under round two of the Manufacturing Modernisation Fund (MMF) Currumbin Minerals and Delphi Measurement will launch new projects to upscale and upgrade their current capabilities.…
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…
Topics: 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…
Topics: 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…
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…
Topics: 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…
The Morrison Government is backing Australian manufacturing, as well as the science and research that underpins it, as part of our Economic Recovery Plan to lead the nation out of the COVID-19 crisis by creating the jobs needed now and for generations to come. The 2020-21 Budget includes an investment of $1.5 billion over four…
Topics: Modern Manufacturing Strategy and Victorian COVID restrictions E&OE: Karl Stefanovic: More now on the Prime Minister’s $1.5 billion plan to rebuild the nation’s economy. Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews joins us. Karen, I want to start with that. We just heard a GP saying, get kids back to school, let’s open…
Topics: Modern Manufacturing Strategy E&OE: Sabra Lane: Australian manufacturers in the food, medical, clean energy, defence and space sectors could all benefit as part of the Federal Government’s plan to revitalise local manufacturing. The Prime Minister’s unveiling the $1.5 billion package during a major speech later today. To tell us more, I was joined earlier…
Topics: coronavirus, Australian manufacturing, supply chains E&OE Sabra Lane: Thank you Karen Andrews in delivering your first National Press Club address. As you point out, Australia has experienced a major disruption in global supply chains here and it’s been a wakeup call for businesses, and we appear to be paying a price for leading the…