While the United States and European Union look to scale up investment into a green transition, the United Kingdom is pulling in the opposite direction. The different policy and political contexts between each government’s approach mean that UK cannot simply copy its counterparts. However, there are key lessons and policies that the authors of this...

This report describes circular approaches used by ten companies in the United Kingdom. All are viable businesses, with established markets. The research suggests that to move these businesses from the periphery to the mainstream, they will need more support from the government, and from the UK Treasury, in particular.

The annual Trade and Assistance Review tracks the money governments spend to support private business. This year’s review finds that assistance to Australian industry rose to $13.8 billion in 2021-22 and that it is increasingly being distributed through opaque subsidies and concessions.

The author of this report argues that rising government subsidies to industry in the big world economies, and the entanglement of national security and commercial motives, pose difficult policy issues for countries such as Australia, which cannot match the subsidies provided by the great powers.

The Northern Territory (NT) government is developing agribusiness in the Territory, with sights set to achieve a $2 billion sector by 2030. The launch of this strategy supports and guides this goal, and provides a clear strategic direction and shared vision with government and industry to increase sustainable agribusiness in the NT.