The Business Council of Cooperatives and Mutuals head has said the current Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the value of co-operatives and the opportunity for Australia to reshore manufacturing lost overseas in recent decades.
The economic heart attack induced by COVID-19 has revealed an ugly truth – many very large companies have too little cash to ride out sharp downturns.
Professor Roy Green kicks off @AuManufacturing’s campaign to crowd source a new deal plan for manufacturing in Australia with this industry policy scene setter. Send your submission to [email protected]. Every crisis provides an opportunity and Covid-19 is no exception. Not only has it exposed the gaps in Australia’s manufacturing supply chains, but it has also…
By Peter Roberts Australia’s industry structure is broken – so with your help we are going to develop a new deal manufacturing plan to help make it right. It has taken Covid-19 to expose the limitations of our economic rationalist policies and how they have created a fragile and narrowly based economy, reliant on export…
The federal government’s $535 million redevelopment of the Osborne South naval shipyard on the Port River in Adelaide is nearing completion with landscaping works underway in preparation for the handover. The yard, complementing facilities where Collins Class submarines, Hobart class air warfare destroyers and Arafura class patrol boats have been constructed, will be used in…
Australia’s only solar photo voltaic panel manufacturer, Tindo Solar is expanding its Adelaide factory (pictured) after an uptick in demand as consumers turn to locally sourced products. The company has begun work on a new building next door to its existing Mawson Lakes plant. CEO Glenn Morelli told the RenewEconomy website that bulldozers were moving…
Boeing Australia recently achieved two new milestones in the development of the Loyal Wingman unmanned jet aircraft being developed for the Royal Australian Air Force. The company’s Australian team achieved weight on wheels and aircraft power on in a major step forward for the aircraft which is designed to fly in company with manned craft…
Industry minister Karen Andrews has has again hinted that the federal coalition, once a staunch opponent of government intervention in the market, is preparing a more activist industry policy. She told Chris Smith on 2GB radio on Sunday: “What the coronavirus has proven to us is that it’s wrong for us to be totally reliant,…
