Australia has a rare opportunity to reset its manufacturing sector. But it must get the IR settings right argues Michael Stutley. Since the 1960s peak, Australian manufacturing has been in decline. In the protected economy of that period, it generated over a quarter of GDP and employed about 25 per centof the workforce. Today, manufacturing’s…
Queensland electronics company BIA5 and automation company Cyborg Dynamics Engineering have produced their first three Warfighter unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) Product Baseline 1 (PBL01) vehicles destined for defence. The companies were awarded up to $426,150 in funding under the Department of Defence’s Sovereign Industrial Capability Priorities (SICP) scheme to design, manufacture and test the UGV.…
A NSW government-funded Semiconductor Service Bureau will be established at Cicada Innovations in Sydney’s Tech Central Precinct, aiming to “drive sovereign semiconductor capability” and support critical industries “including health, defence and telecommunications.” Support for a $4 million Semiconductor Sector Service Bureau, styled “S3B”, was announced in October last year, based on a primary recommendation of…
Space services provider Saber Astronautics and prolific start up developer TCG Group have launched the Wolfpack Space Hub’s new space technology company incubator at inner city Waterloo, Sydney. The new facility has a manufacturing laboratory for space startups to rapidly prototype and experiment with flight hardware products, allowing them to quickly and safely iterate new…
Brain imaging company EMVision Medical Devices has successfully passed a milestone in its five-year project in partnership with the Australian Stroke Alliance, releasing $600,000 in funding to further development of its portable scanning device.
By Brent Balinski There are many examples since 2020 of manufacturers of all sizes being forced to re-examine their supply chains. One comes from John Smith, owner of Smith’s Cooking Systems and Smith’s BBQ. He began designing and selling cooker cabinets and later microwave trims in 2000, and BBQs and related equipment in 2015. The…
Industry minister Ed Husic has signalled that the government is focusing on the negative effects of high gas prices on Australian manufacturing’s competitive advantage. Interviewed by Ross Greenwood on Sky News Business Weekend, Husic said he was concerned at a lack of competition and a ‘reduced ability to have competitive pricing’ for energy. He said…
First commercial space launch blasts off from Arnhem Land Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) owner of the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) on the Gove Peninsula in Australia’s Northern Territory last night successfully completed Australia’s first commercial space launch with NASA (rocket, pictured). The historic launch was NASA’s first from a fully commercial spaceport and is the…
Infrastructure Australia has announced that Sun Cable’s Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink) has met all requirements of the Infrastructure Priority List, advancing the project to Stage 3 ‘Investment-ready’ status. The AAPowerLink is the world’s largest solar, storage and transmission system that will transmit renewable electricity from the Barkly Region of the Northern Territory to Darwin and Singapore.…
Rossi Boots has emerged from a period of reform under new owners the Propel Group and GP Securities with a revamped manufacturing operation, new products and a marketing program designed to reposition the 112 year old company. The Adelaide manufacturer, now part of a portfolio of brands including Melbourne waterproof apparel manufacturer Driza-Bone and regional…
