{"id":224096,"date":"2021-07-01T20:01:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T20:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=19799"},"modified":"2021-07-01T20:01:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T20:01:40","slug":"pm-to-get-final-say-on-800m-manufacturing-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/07\/01\/pm-to-get-final-say-on-800m-manufacturing-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"PM to get final say on $800m manufacturing grants"},"content":{"rendered":"
The guidelines for<\/strong> the<\/strong> collaboration stream of the federal government\u2019s flagship manufacturing program have been released, with grants of up to $200 million for large \u201ctransformation\u201d projects to be accepted from next month \u2013 and the Prime Minister Scott Morrison to have the final say on approvals.<\/p>\n The $800 million in grants will be available under the collaboration stream of the government\u2019s flagship $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative, which aims to stimulate business investment in manufacturing by addressing barriers to scale and competitiveness for Australian companies in six priority sectors.<\/p>\n On Thursday, guidelines were published for the collaboration stream grants, which offer between $20 million and $200 million to cover up to a third of the costs of eligible large-scale projects.<\/p>\n