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Senator the Hon Tim Ayres

Interview discusses the National Reconstruction Fund and Australian manufacturing capability.

Interview discusses the National Reconstruction Fund, manufacturing jobs in the regions, and the automotive industry.

Interview discusses the AUKUS agreement, defence spending, and Australia’s industrial capability.

Interview discusses National Reconstruction Fund and Australia’s manufacturing capabilities.

Interview discusses the National Reconstruction Fund.

Interview discusses the National Reconstruction Fund, Australian manufacturing and AUKUS.

Interview discusses passage of the National Reconstruction Fund legislation through the House of Representatives. 

Address to the ABARES Outlook 2023 conference

Interview discusses Paid Parental Leave legislation, the National Reconstruction Fund, cost of living, changes to superannuation and live sheep exports. 

Interview discusses changes to superannuation; ADF contracts; the National Reconstruction Fund and local manufacturing.

The Hon Chris Bowen MP

Minister Bowen discusses the energy market

Minister Bowen discusses climate change action and the energy market

The Hon Tim Wilson MP

Retrofitting older buildings will be critical to get Australia to carbon neutrality. The Commonwealth is providing a $30 million loan to a 25-year-old commercial office building demonstration project in Brisbane’s CBD.

PETER STEFANOVIC: Turning to one of our top stories now, Labor is leading as the favourite among voters to win the next election. That's according to the latest round of newspoll anyway.

Joint media release with the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor

Australia’s world leading voluntary offset scheme, the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), continues to go from strength to strength.

Joint media release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP

Parliament has endorsed a package of new laws which will support the development of Australia’s offshore energy industry and deliver new jobs and investment in offshore windfarms and transmission projects.

Joint media release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP

The future of hydrogen exports in Australia will get a boost from international collaboration between Australia and Germany as the Morrison Government continues to accelerate the development of Australia’s future hydrogen industry.

Interview discusses the Victorian pandemic bill and tax changes.

Address to the Minerals Council of Australia's Environment and Social Governance Conference.

A team of Monash University students has won a major international prize for its work on carbon capture.

Joint media release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP

Australians continue to lead the world in uptake of rooftop solar, with 3 million solar systems installed across Australia. 

Interview discusses Future Fuels Strategy, electric vehicles and the Commonwealth Integrity Commission.

The Hon Melissa Price MP

Joint media release with Prime Minister the Hon Scott Morrison MP and Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP

Australia and the Republic of Korea have cemented their commitment to a net zero emissions future, by agreeing detailed work plans on clean energy technology and critical minerals.

The Australian space industry can now put its hands up to lead the nation’s first mission to the Moon as part of the Morrison Government’s plan to grow the sector and create jobs here at home.

The Morrison Government is strengthening Australia’s position as a leading digital economy by launching a new training program designed to lift the digital literacy of company directors. 

Joint release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP and Member for Herbert Phil Thompson OAM MP

Three new regional hydrogen technology clusters have been identified to further support the development of Australia’s future clean hydrogen industry.

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Australian small and medium businesses will be able to access up to $10 million to help launch their technology into space, as part of the Morrison Government’s plan to grow the local sector and create new jobs.

Joint media release with the Prime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Education and Youth, the Hon Alan Tudge MP and Minister for Regionalisation, Regional Communications and Regional Education, Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie

Four new research and industry hubs will lead Australia’s breakthroughs in critical national manufacturing priorities.

Peers and colleagues of Australia’s outstanding scientists, research-based innovators and science teachers are urged to nominate them for the 2022 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science.

Joint media release with Minister for the Environment, The Hon Sussan Ley MP

Morrison Government investments in marine science are helping deliver better outcomes for the blue economy, marine ecosystems, coastal communities, and climate resilience according to a report released today. 

Australia and the United States have signed a landmark statement of intent to cooperate and share in the enormous opportunities and benefits that world-leading quantum science and technology advancements present.

The Hon Angus Taylor MP

Modern Manufacturing Initiative, Covid booster shot, flood funding package, crude oil price, aluminium supply

Joint media release with the Minister for Health and Aged Care the Hon Greg Hunt MP

The Morrison Government is securing the development of life-saving cancer drugs right here at home, while supporting new local jobs in Australia’s innovative, world-leading medical sector. 

Australia’s carbon markets broke new records in growth in renewables and carbon offsets in 2021.

Joint media release with the Prime Minister the Hon Scott Morrison MP

​​​​​​​Australia’s critical minerals sector and the job-creating industries that rely on it are being supercharged under the Morrison Government’s $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative.

MELINDA JAMES: Big announcement due at BlueScope Steel at Port Kembla later on this morning. Federal Government funding for a new advanced steel manufacturing plant.

The Morrison Government is investing $55.4 million to shore up the supply of Australian steel to support renewable energy projects and our local Defence sector. 

Australia has set renewable energy records for the fifth year in a row with more than one in four households now generating power on their roofs. 

Twenty-five of Australia’s largest companies have signed up to the new Corporate Emissions Reduction Transparency (CERT) report pilot.

Interview discusses support for NSW floods victims and supply of crude oil from Russia

Statement on expectations during floods in NSW and Queensland

The Hon Keith Pitt MP

The reputation of Australia’s resources and energy sector as a key driver of jobs and economic growth has again been confirmed in the latest export forecasts, which put the industry on track for a new record.

Australia and the Republic of Korea are further strengthening cooperation in resources and energy with a new agreement on critical minerals.

Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt has announced five new areas in Commonwealth waters are now available to explore for greenhouse gas storage opportunities.

Address at the launch of Australia’s 2021 Offshore Greenhouse Gas Storage Acreage Release 

Joint media release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP, and Member for Parkes the Hon Mark Coulton MP

The Morrison Government is supporting the development of a mining, processing and recycling project that will bring new jobs and economic benefits to communities in regional NSW.

Australia’s resources and energy exports continue to surge, latest trade data confirmed today, despite the challenges of the past 12 months.

Interview discusses the declaration of site for Radioactive Waste Facility at Napandee, South Australia.

Joint media release with the Member for Grey, Rowan Ramsey MP

Following further consultation, the Australian Government today confirmed that a site for the location of our country’s National Radioactive Waste Management Facility has been selected, near the town of Kimba in South Australia. 

Minister for Resources and Water, Keith Pitt, has welcomed today’s announcement by Woodside and its joint venture partner BHP Petroleum that they are going to proceed with the development of the giant Scarborough gas field and a second LNG train at the onshore Pluto project.

Joint media release with Assistant Minister for Children and Families and Regional Tourism and Member for Capricornia​​​​​​​ Michelle Landry MP

The Coalition Government will deliver two new measures that will provide significant job and economic opportunities through the vast potential of gas reserves in the Cooper and Adavale basins.

Senator the Hon Jonathon Duniam

Joint media release with Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley MP and Senator for Tasmania Eric Abetz

The Morrison Government is continuing to deliver on its investment in the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), officially opening the first purpose-built Observing Operations Hub in Hobart, designed to monitor the extreme weather experienced across Tasmania and Antarctica.

Joint media release with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack MP and Federal Member for Braddon Gavin Pearce MP

The Federal Government will give Tasmania’s economic recovery a welcome boost by injecting $6 million into making it free for Spirit of Tasmania passengers to take their car to Tasmania.

The Hon Christian Porter MP

The Morrison Government is supporting Australian manufacturers to innovate and grow, with $55 million in grants awarded to 86 businesses across the country under round two of the Manufacturing Modernisation Fund (MMF).

Keynote address at Techtonic 2.0 National Summit on Artificial Intelligence

The Morrison Government has released Australia’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan to help accelerate the development and adoption of AI technologies.

An Australian innovation that will help protect mothers and babies during childbirth is one of eight projects to share in $3.2 million in funding from the Morrison Government’s Accelerating Commercialisation grants program.

The Morrison Government is providing a $4 million funding boost to Australian space researchers and businesses to help them develop new technologies for use in future NASA missions to the Moon and beyond.

Ensuring Australian-made satellites and other sensitive electronic equipment will operate correctly in space is the aim of a $2.5 million grant provided by the Morrison Government to the Australian National University (ANU).

The Morrison Government is continuing to support innovative Australian manufacturing projects - including breakthrough medical technologies - through its latest round of Accelerating Commercialisation grants. 

Joint media release with Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Hon Ben Morton MP. 

The Morrison Government has launched a new online tool for small business owners that takes the stress out of hiring their first staff member and reduces the risks of costly mistakes.

The Morrison Government is ensuring Australia’s growing space sector can play a key role in NASA’s Moon to Mars project, with two local companies today receiving funding to improve their technical capabilities.

The Morrison Government is helping innovative Aussie manufacturers commercialise their great ideas with more than $3.7 million in grants, including funding for the development of a rapid COVID-19 test.

The Hon Karen Andrews MP

Interview discusses social media regulations.

Dr Bradley Armstrong has been appointed Australia’s new Anti-Dumping Commissioner.

Doorstop to announce funding to commercialise a world-leading innovation in milk production.

The Morrison Government is backing a world-first innovation that can extend the expiry date of fresh milk to more than 60 days.

Doorstop to announce funding for Cooperative Research Centre projects.

Joint media release with Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley MP

A project to turn food waste into biodegradable cling wrap and another using AI to sort plastic recycling are being supported by the Morrison Government, in an effort to grow the economy and help the environment.

Australian companies are set to gain new export opportunities, that have the potential to create new jobs, with the COVID-19 Manufacturer Response Register opening to keen international buyers.

Joint media release with Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, and Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Housing, the Hon Michael Sukkar MP.

The Morrison Government has today launched a set of principles to guide agreements between car dealers and manufacturers, as part of our commitment to deliver the best outcome for Australian consumers.

Australian and Indian researchers will work together to advance COVID-19 screening and study the future health effects of the virus, after a nearly $4 million investment by the Morrison Government. 

Interview discusses the Hayabusa2 return

Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash

Interview discusses $2 billion JobTrainer skills announcement, JobKeeper.

Interview discusses $2 billion JobTrainer skills announcement, JobKeeper. 

A national campaign launched today will support the recovery of Australia’s small businesses by calling on all Australians to ‘Go Local First’.

From July 1 2020, small and family businesses will be paying less tax as a result of legislated tax cuts passed by the Morrison Government.

Interview discusses employment, tourism sector, JobKeeper wage subsidy, JobMaker.

Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Michaelia Cash delivered the keynote address to the Financial Review Virtual Summit – Retail: Through the Crisis.

Joint statement with Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews and Queensland Senator the Hon James McGrath.

General Motors must honour its promise to negotiate on compensation with Holden dealers in good faith, amid significant effort from dealers to resolve their ongoing dispute.

Joint statement with the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology the Hon Karen Andrews MP

The Morrison Government will continue to apply pressure to General Motors, amid their ongoing negotiations with dealers affected by their decision to retire the Holden brand in Australia.

Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Michaelia Cash was interviewed on 2GB Drive with Mark Levy

The Australian Government has committed more than $4.7 million to provide small regional businesses affected by COVID-19 with access to free and confidential financial counselling.