The Hon Karen Andrews MP Media Releases
I am incredibly honoured to have been reappointed as Australia’s Minister for Industry, Science and Technology under Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
A $4.7 million boost from the Coalition Government will strengthen innovation and science links with China to help tackle challenges facing key industry sectors, with a focus on developing medical and alternative energy security technology.
The Morrison Government is energising specialist battery manufacturing by providing an industry-led cooperative research centre with a $25 million grant to help the sector.
The Australian Space Agency has signed a Statement of Strategic Intent with The Boeing Company, as part of the mission to grow Australia’s space industry.
Australia has carved out an international reputation for blockchain since the technology was first introduced over a decade ago.
107 post graduate engineers will be placed in industry-based automotive projects, under $5 million in grants from the Liberal National Government.
Projects with the potential to revolutionise Australian industry will share in $8 million under the second round of the Coalition Government’s Global Innovation Linkages program.
The Morrison Government continues to tackle gender inequity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics with the launch of a new women in STEM strategy.
Australian scientists working on cutting-edge Antarctic research will receive $50 million from the Morrison Government over the next 10 years.
The Morrison Government will help fund a joint initiative with Singapore to get Australians eating better and living longer.