Perth shipbuilder Austal (ASX: ASB) has delivered its third Guardian class patrol boats to a Pacific nation as part of an Australian aid programme. The company handed over the patrol boat, one of a class of steel hulled ships being built by the company, to the Crown Prince of Tonga, His Royal Highness, Prince Tupouto’a…
Furniture industry body the Australasian Furnishing Association has upped its campaign for greater regulation of unsafe furniture following the release of new data from the ACCC. The regulatory body estimates the annual cost of injury and death caused by unsafe consumer products, including furnishings, is at least $5 billion. There are around 780 deaths and…
Canberra-based Xtek (ASX: XTE) has earned a $1 million Sovereign Industry Capability Priority grant, which will assist the company in establishing a composites manufacturing facility for its combat armour products.
