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Minister |
Date | Description |
Program |
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| Kim Carr | 11 Mar 2010 |
GREEN CAR FUNDS PUT AUSSIE ENGINE TECHNOLOGY IN CHINESE CAR
On 11 March 2010, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research announced Perth company Orbital Australia has been awarded a $440,413 grant to develop greener engine technology for Chinese automaker Changan Automobile. | GCIF |
| Craig Emerson | 03 Mar 2010 |
BETTER PROTECTION FOR FRANCHISEES
On 03 March 2010, Small Business Minister Dr Craig Emerson announced the most sweeping reform of the Franchising Code of Conduct since its inception 12 years ago. | SBAS, SBO, SBSL |
| Richard Marles | 03 Mar 2010 |
CALL TO SMALL BUSINESS: PROTECT YOUR BRAND
On 03 March 2010, Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry, Richard Marles said Australian businesses often associate branding with logo design and communication, overlooking a crucial component - IP protection. | SBAS, SBO, SBSL |
| Craig Emerson | 03 Mar 2010 |
RUDD GOVERNMENT STRENGTHENS UNCONSCIONABLE CONDUCT LAWS
On 03 March 2010, Small Business and Competition Policy Minister Dr Craig Emerson announced that the Rudd Government is strengthening the Trade Practices Act to crack down on unconscionable conduct by unscrupulous businesses. | SBAS, SBO, SBSL |
| Kim Carr | 26 Feb 2010 | | IIF |
| Kim Carr | 17 Feb 2010 |
On 17 Febuary 2010, the Australian and Tasmanian Governments said that the response to the North-West and Northern Tasmania Investment and Innovation Fund has been so overwhelming that a second funding round is not necessary. Offers of funding will be made before Easter. | North West & Northern Tasmania Innovation and Investment Fund |
| Kim Carr | 09 Feb 2010 | | Commercialisation Aust |
| Kim Carr | 02 Feb 2010 | $774,400 TO BRING 11 INNOVATIVE NEW PRODUCTS TO MARKET
On 02 February 2010, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced 11 COMET grants totalling $774,400 in national funding to help bring innovative Australian projects to market. | COMET |
| Kim Carr | 27 Jan 2010 | | GCIF |
| Craig Emerson | 19 Jan 2010 |
On 19 January 2010, Small Business Minister Dr Craig Emerson and Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson announced that grants ranging from $50,000 to $700,000 had been offered to 47 small business support groups including industry associations. | SBO |
| Kim Carr | 04 Jan 2010 |
On 04 January 2010, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, called on all innovators wishing to bring their product to the marketplace to apply for tailored, hands-on assistance from Commercialisation Australia. | Commercialisation Aust |
| Kim Carr | 21 Dec 2009 |
On 21 December 2009, the Rudd Government called on the country’s innovators to start preparing their applications for assistance from Commercialisation Australia – the Government’s radical new approach to commercialising our best research. | Commercialisation Aust |
| Kim Carr | 18 Dec 2009 |
On 18 December 2009, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced that eleven fund managers will distribute a total of $64 million in government funding to assist 35 early stage companies to continue developing and commercialising innovative technologies. | IIFF |
| Kim Carr | 18 Dec 2009 |
On 18 December 2009, the Rudd Government released draft legislation for the new R&D Tax Credit - the biggest reform to business innovation policy in over a decade. | R&D Tax Credit |
| Kim Carr | 16 Dec 2009 |
On 16 December Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, announced 30 applicants Australia-wide who have been offered a total of $11.6 million from the Green Building Fund’s fourth round. | Green Building Fund |
| Kim Carr | 16 Dec 2009 |
On 16 December 2009, Senator Kim Carr announced that six Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) grants totalling $422,400 had been awarded to companies to help market their innovations. | COMET |
| Kim Carr | 11 Dec 2009 |
Toyota Australia has launched the first ready-for-sale hybrid vehicle to be built in Australia. The Hybrid Camry increases consumer choice by giving motorists the option of buying an Australian-made hybrid. | GCIF |
| Kim Carr | 8 Dec 2009 |
On 08 December 2009, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced a $20 million package to stimulate innovation, investment and jobs in North West and Northern Tasmania.
| North West & Northern Tasmania Innovation and Investment Fund |
| Kim Carr | 7 Dec 2009 |
On 7 December 2009, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced the latest Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) grants to nine Australian projects, totalling $633,600 in national funding. | COMET |
| Kim Carr | 2 Dec 2009 |
$2.5M AVAILABLE FOR INNOVATIVE TCF SMALL BUSINESSES
On 2 December 2009, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research announced $2.5 millions in grants will be made available to small businesses in the Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) sector, in a new funding round for the TCF Small Businesses Program to open on Wednesday, 9 December 2009. | TCF, TCF-SBP |
| Kim Carr | 1 Dec 2009 |
On 30 November, Senator Kim Carr, Minister Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced that the Government will introduce a new, simpler form of assistance to companies seeking to take their ideas to market from early January 2010. | Commercialisation Aust, COMET |
| Richard Marles | 27 Nov 2009 |
COOL COMPANY AWARDS FOR INNOVATIONOn November 27 2009, Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry, Richard Marles, announed Vaxine Pty Ltd the winner of the 2009 AusIndustry Innovation Award, one of eight cool company awards that recognise originality and flair in business. | R&D Tax Concession |
| Richard Marles | 26 Nov 2009 |
On November 26 2009, Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry, Richard Marles congratulated Cochlear on winning the AusIndustry-sponsored Innovation Award at the 2009 Australian Engineering Awards at Parliament House. | R&D Tax Concession |
| Kim Carr | 20 Nov 2009 |
On 20 November 2009, the Federal and South Australian Governments announced a further injection of $11.7 million of assistance into the State’s manufacturing sector in the second round of the South Australia Innovation and Investment Fund. | SAIIF |
| Kim Carr | 19 Nov 2009 |
Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, today announced the appointment of the new WA fund manager under the Australian Government’s successful Innovation Investment Fund. West Australian innovators will have access to $40 million in venture capital seed funding following the establishment of Yuuwa Capital. | IIF |
| Kim Carr | 12 Nov 2009 |
On 12 November 2009, the Rudd Government announced a new support network to boost the innovation and competitiveness of Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) firms through increased collaboration. | TCF |
| Kim Carr | 10 Nov 2009 |
Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, today announced $20.6 million in grants to 32 businesses for projects supporting around 324 green jobs under the Rudd Government's Climate Ready Program. | Climate Ready |
| Kim Carr | 6 Nov 2009 |
$985,600 TO HELP BRING 14 INNOVATIONS TO MARKET
On 9 November 2009, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research announed that 14 projects would share a total of $985,600 in Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) Funding. | COMET |
| Kim Carr | 2 Nov 2009 |
On 2 November 2009, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced that the owners of 37 buildings around Australia will use $16.4 million in funding from Round 3 of the $90 million Green Building Fund to cut greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 38,000 tonnes a year. | Green Building Fund |
| Craig Emerson | 20 Oct 2009 |
On 20 October 2009, the Small Business Minister, Dr Craig Emerson, told Parliament that a free service offering small business advice and support over the phone has been given a big tick of approval by callers. | SBSL |