By Samantha Sharpe, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney When the central business district of Lismore was flooded in 2017, every small business owner in the northern New South Wales town had a decision to make. Should they rebuild their businesses, or take whatever insurance money they might get and move…
The Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index for January showed contraction in every sector except one, with a “disappointing” start to the new year and decade impacted by bushfires, drought and slow local consumption, as well as global factors.
“The sun never sets on the Calix empire,” says Adam Vincent light-heartedly. The general manager of R&D joined the company in 2010, five years after it began, and the same year it commissioned its first continuously operating plant at Bacchus Marsh. Calix operates at nearly 20 locations globally, with its major R&D work…
Perth global shipbuilder Austal has signed an agreement with the United States Navy which will see its Henderson shipyard (pictured) conduct repairs and sustainment activities on USN and Military Sealift Command ships. The company’s Agreement of Boat Repair announced today will see the company provide support services for USN ships built by Austal at its…
Comment by Peter Roberts It has been a long time coming, far too long, but a federal government has finally taken action on the high price and lack of supply of gas in the eastern states. The tripling of prices was brought about by Canberra in the first place when the former Labour government approved…
By Andrew Spence Adelaide technology company MGM Wireless is making strong in-roads into the UK market with its SPACETALK smart watch and app. Sales of the all-in-one children’s smartphone, watch and GPS device more than doubled to 25,000 in the six-months to December 31 compared with 11,000 in the same period in the 2019 financial…
Senate to reconsider R&D tax incentive The Senate sits this week and is likely to reconsider the government’s controversial R&D tax incentive reforms which are similar to those previously opposed even by Coalition senators. The government responded to Senate concerns with a slightly modified bill in December, however the changes have not allayed the concerns…
Adelaide-based space company Southern Launch is planning a second rocket launching site at Koonibba, in the far west of South Australia. The company has already been granted major project status for the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex (pictured) on the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula which will allow access to Polar Earth Orbits. The site…
Global hydrogen advocacy group, the Hydrogen Council, predicts the cost of producing green hydrogen from renewables will fall by up to 50 per cent in the next decade as production scales up. The council’s report, Path to Hydrogen Competitiveness: A Cost Perspective, shows that hydrogen can follow a similar downward trend in prices as solar…
Biotechnology start-up Next Science (ASX: NXS) recorded strong sales growth in 2018 as acceptance grew of its novel technologies to kill bacteria. The Sydney company reported sales of $6.1 million for the year of its Xbio technology products which attack the biofilm that surrounds and protects bacteria. Four of its products have secured US FDA…
