❓ Hon Phil Twiss asks follow-up questions regarding the AUKUS SME Readiness Fund, specifically concerning the number of successful applicants, funding amounts, and proposed new staff recruitment. The Minister indicates the assessment process is not yet finalised.
AnsweredQoN 207Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
Defence industry—AUKUS Small and Medium Enterprise Readiness
Fund
207. Hon Phil Twiss to
the minister representing the Minister for Defence
Industries:
I thank the minister
for the answer to my question without notice 149 asked on Tuesday 10 March
2026. I ask the following by way of follow-up.
(1) Of the 36 applicants for the AUKUS
SME Readiness Fund, how many were successful in their applications?
(2) What was the total amount of funding
requested?
(3) What was the total amount of funding
approved?
(4) Paragraph 4 in answer (3) mentions "costs
associated with the recruitment and onboarding of new skilled or specialist
staff". Can the minister advise how many new staff were proposed to be
recruited and onboarded by the applicants?
Fund
207. Hon Phil Twiss to
the minister representing the Minister for Defence
Industries:
I thank the minister
for the answer to my question without notice 149 asked on Tuesday 10 March
2026. I ask the following by way of follow-up.
(1) Of the 36 applicants for the AUKUS
SME Readiness Fund, how many were successful in their applications?
(2) What was the total amount of funding
requested?
(3) What was the total amount of funding
approved?
(4) Paragraph 4 in answer (3) mentions "costs
associated with the recruitment and onboarding of new skilled or specialist
staff". Can the minister advise how many new staff were proposed to be
recruited and onboarded by the applicants?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member
for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided by the
Minister for Defence Industries.
(1)–(4) The assessment process for the AUKUS SME
Readiness Fund grants has not been finalised.
for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided by the
Minister for Defence Industries.
(1)–(4) The assessment process for the AUKUS SME
Readiness Fund grants has not been finalised.
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