Today as part of @AuManufacturing’s series looking forward from the Jobs and Skills Summit, Mark Leith proposes a radical re-think of Australia’s procurement practices. If Australia is to meet its revised 2030 emissions reduction targets, early action to accelerate zero emission bus and truck adoption is essential. While the business case for fleet electrification and…
By Peter Roberts It is understandable for a party like One Nation to be advocating a policy as dumb as its Project Iron Boomerang steelmaking plan for Australia, but it is dumber for the Senate to vote to support it as well. But that is what the Senate has done passing a motion establishing an…
EOS appoints new CFO Australian space and defence company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO), Clive Cuthell. Cuthell will work from EOS’s Canberra head office and report directly to CEO Dr Andreas Schwer. His career includes over 15 years in a CFO role at a variety of ASX-listed and…
Mars Wrigley has announced it will invest a further $25.5 million at its Ballarat site over the next 12 months, improving its ability to innovate across its Bitesize Portfolio. It follows $67 million invested at the site over the last two years, according to Mars Wrigley. As well as activities in the Bitesize Portfolio –…
The world’s biggest source of critical minerals outside China, Lynas Rare Earths, has secured further backing in Japan to develop its Mt Weld rare earths resource in Western Australia. Lynas has announced an agreement with Japan Australia Rare Earths B.V. which will provide US$9 million through a subscription to Lynas shares to help fund an…
Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft manufacturer AMSL Aero has announced closure of a $23 million Series B round as it progresses commercialisation of its Vertiia vehicle. The Australian Financial Review reported on Tuesday that the round involved the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund, IP Group Australia (which invested $3 million in AMSL’s Series A),…
Industry and science minister Ed Husic has tasked his department to determine how existing government programs can be reformed to support greater diversity in Australia’s science and technology sectors. The review is also aimed to reinforce the government’s commitment to supporting pathways for women and girls into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The commitment…
Saber Astronautics which is a key part of future Australian space missions including a role in NASA’s Moon to Mars project, has won US funding to improve its space operations capabilities. The company, which operates the Responsive Space Operations Centre (RSOC) in Adelaide and a Space R&D laboratory in Sydney, has won a $540,000 award…
By Peter Roberts A lot of things are being reassessed with the demise of the Morrison government in Canberra not least of which is the Coalition’s funding of carbon capture and storage projects. This is for very good reason, as is suggested by a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis…
This week @AuManufacturing experts look forward from the Jobs and Skills Summit. Here leading policy analyst Dr John Howard looks at Australia’s fragmented science, technology and innovation policies and maps out way for these to be integrated and co-ordinated with a robust industry development policy. Management textbooks and business self-help books tell us that strategy…
