The science minister has been speaking about the year-long review of Australia’s research and development investment. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGreens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has said the Greens were “definitively close” to making a deal with Labor on environment laws, but it was clear the prime minister did not want those debated.Hanson-Young is speaking on RN Breakfast about the deal Anthony Albanese overruled after last-minute negotiations between the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, and the Greens.What I was told was that there was problems with the… set of amendments, or the the the areas that I have been negotiating [on] with Tanya Plibersek and that it was too hard to do this work.I walk out of the room, of course. And before we know, at the front page of the Australian, the West Australian, virtually every newspaper the next morning was saying that the business lobby, the miners and the loggers had convinced the Prime Minister to dump these laws.No, I think, if I may emphasise, I guess, Robyn’s involvement in a company that recognises, crucially, the value of R&D and improving the way to get things done and to be able to create an edge, and particularly if you look at what Tesla has done, be able to turn an idea into reality at a time where there are a lot of doubters over a long period of time.The type of people that we’ve got involved, we’ve been thinking about for quite some time, and what they bring to the table. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-12-01 21:03:06
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