Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Those recommendations regarding the guidelines for applications for the Industrial Transformation Research Program are with the government. It is the case that the first draft of the guidelines presented to me was rejected by me. I did not think they had enough focus and I have asked for them to be redone and reissued so as to make sure that that program delivers on its objectives and that we get value for money out of the program. I did not want to see it frittered away and I wanted to make sure that it has appropriate focus. I have also been working with Minister Combet to make sure that it fits with the industry initiatives that the government is supporting. As I say, an announcement about that will be made in due course. (Time expired)