Portfolio — 8 May 2026

Minister Tim Ayres delivered four distinct but thematically linked announcements on 8 May 2026, each advancing the "Future Made in Australia" agenda. An 82 percent anti-dumping tariff on Chinese hot-rolled coil steel — grounded in an Anti-Dumping Commission finding — provides immediate trade protection for Bluescope Steel and downstream manufacturers. New critical-minerals processing facilities at ANSTO's Lucas Heights and a $387.4 million CSIRO funding commitment extend the portfolio's reach into strategic minerals supply chains and national science capacity.

The transfer of the Investor Front Door from Treasury to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources consolidates investment facilitation within the portfolio, signalling a machinery-of-government shift to operationalise the industrial strategy.