NSW Bushfire Technology Pilots Program Round 2

NSW Bushfire Technology Pilots Program Round 2 will offer grants of up to $250,000 (up from $100,000 in round 1) to NSW businesses to support the piloting of new technologies to improve planning, preparation and response to bushfire threats.

The objectives of the NSW Bushfire Technology Pilots Program Round 2 is to:

commercialise field-ready technology for bushfire-related applications
improve end-user agencies’ awareness of innovation possibilities in bushfire management and operations.

Eligibility

Organisations applying must:

be a financially viable commercial enterprise based in NSW that is an Australian registered company; or an individual who agrees to form such an entity; or a NSW public research organisation applying through its appropriate technology transfer office
Be based in NSW and demonstrate that the project activities will take place in NSW.
Seek to test or pilot bushfire technology that is field-ready.
Hold the Intellectual Property or the rights to commercialise the device/system.

What the Program covers

Funds may be expended on activities to support the delivery of technology in the field, that is, to conduct the trial or pilot (and those activities must be undertaken within NSW)

Assessment

Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis, based on a merit-based assessment by an independent Expert, and end-user NSW government agency support of the application/s.

Note there is a total pool of $2.6m available for Round 2.

Learn more and Apply

Applications close 5 pm, 14 December 2022.

To learn more about the NSW Bushfire Technology Pilots Program and how to apply click here

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April 2021 Jobs Data

The April 2021 Jobs Data released today is the first jobs data after the end of JobKeeper.

At one level it looks like the end of JobKeeper did not have a big impact as the unemployment rate fell from 5.7% in March to 5.5% in April.

But if you look behind the numbers you see a different story.

Firstly, the number of employed people fell by nearly 31,000 between March and April. Women suffered the worst here, with the number of employed women falling by over 36,000. From a state perspective, the biggest job losses were in NSW which had nearly 37,000 less people working in April compared to March.

Secondly, the total labour force fell by over 64,000 people between March and April. This means that over 64,000 people stopped working, or stopped looking for work in April. For people who were unemployed in March and stopped looking for work in April, they are no longer counted as unemployed.

Thirdly, whilst the number of unemployed people of nearly 34,000 people in April, this can be reasonably attributed to less people looking for work and not actual job creation (especially as there are nearly 31,000 less people working in April).

My conclusion

I think the end of JobKeeper in March, has meant a lot of people gave up hope of getting work in April.

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