Senator RENNICK: How much did that supercomputer cost? Dr Stone: The supercomputer? Senator RENNICK: Yes. How much did it cost? Dr Johnson: I can give you an exact number. We have a supercomputer that’s running as we speak. If you wish to wait a minute, I can get you the actual number. It’s of that order. Senator RENNICK: Right. Dr Johnson: Or, if you’d like an exact number, I can take it on notice. It’s around that Senator RENNICK: I just find it interesting because everyone’s jumping up and down about your name change for 200 grand, and there’s a supercomputer that you bought for $40 million that homogenises data that I don’t think people are aware of at all. Dr Johnson: Yes. I’ll get back to you on that, but it’s of that order.
Question Number: 31 PDR Number: SQ22-000592 Date Submitted: 28/10/2022 Department or Body: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water The purchase cost (including installation) for the supercomputer was $43.7 million (exclusive of GST).
Bikie gangs are nothing compared to superannuation funds
Chamber Senate on 25/10/2022Item: REGULATIONS AND DETERMINATIONS – Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment (Annual Members’ Meetings Notices) Regulations 2022 – Disallowance Senator RENNICK (Queensland) (17:52): What would you call the offspring of communism, Marxism and fascism? Of course, the answer to that is superannuation. First of all, it’s communism because in 1992 Paul Keating introduced superannuation […]
