Quickstep has announced a $2.7 million profit for the financial year 2018 – 19, with Joint Strike Fighter contracts making up $53 million of $73.3 million in revenue and ramping to full production in the current FY.
By Rachel A. Ankeny, Professor of History and Philosophy, and Deputy Dean Research (Faculty of Arts), University of Adelaide The South Australian government recently announced its intention to lift the long-standing statewide moratorium on genetically modified (GM) crops, following a statutory six-week consultation period. A government-commissioned independent review had estimated the cost of the moratorium…
In 1992, Mark Yates founded Replas, which makes outdoor products including bollards, decking and furniture, and recycles up to 4,000 tonnes of plastic a year. Yates tells Brent Balinski what to make of the current discussion we’re having around recycling, and about a recent project making handplanes out of reclaimed marine litter.
Building and construction group Boral (ASX: BLD) today reported annual results little changed from the previous year, a creditable result given a slump in housing construction in Australia and the United States. Despite a 15 per cent decline in Australian housing starts and lower than expected growth in the US, Boral managed revenues of $5.9…
Comment by Peter Roberts Barely a day goes by without some sort of warning to Australia and Australian business that the future is at risk because of our political paralysis over the related issues of global warming and future energy needs. In little more than a week we have seen warnings of various kinds from…
Medical equipment manufacturer Optiscan Imaging (ASX: OIL) has announced its virtual biopsy technology has been selected for a cancer trial at the prestigious Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York. The Centre will use the Optiscan system and confocal laser endomicroscope technology for an oral cancer human clinical trial to begin shortly. Optiscan views…
Melbourne electric vehicle drive manufacturer SEA Electric continues to release more images and videos detailing their all-electric van and light truck range. The company, which fits its drives on most van and cab/chassis platforms including Ford, Iveco and Isuzu, over the weekend released the main image (above) of its Isuzu F Series. Powered by SEA-Drive…
