The federal government’s Jobs and Skills Summit broke up on Friday with numerous decisions reached amid rarely seen consensus between politicians, business and community leaders and unions. While day one saw the government announce 180,000 new fee-free TAFE training places, day two saw another universally welcomed announcement. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil announced the permanent…
SEA Electric pushes target of 7 per cent new trucks being electric-powered in 2024 SEA Electric has praised the recent Grattan Truck Plan: practical policies for cleaner freight report by think tank the Grattan Institute, calling for 2 per cent of new truck sales being zero-emissions in 2024. It has however, said the target could…
There’s a big task ahead to reach the goal of 82% renewables by 2030. We’ll need rapid deployment – not only to meet grid demand, but also new demand from the move to “electrify everything” in our homes and on our roads. So what changes can you expect to see?
Analysis by Peter Roberts Oh dear, the Jobs and Skills Summit underway in Canberra is all well and good, excellent even as it has put an end to the division and them and us of the past decade. But am I the only one that is getting a sinking feeling about whether industry policy is…
Sydney composites manufacturer Quickstep is doubling the size of its Geelong, Victoria factory and taking on new staff to accommodate orders including new orders from leading Australian drone companies. Expansion work is expected to be completed in Geelong over the next 12 months. An amendment to its existing three year strategic supply agreement with drone…
A new factory for fibre reinforced polymer bridges will open on Friday morning in Wingfield, north of Adelaide, with up to 15 hires to be made in the first 12 months of operation.
Proudly made in Australia… is just not good enough. Full disclosure: I have an issue with pride. What for example would it have meant for me to be a proud German, I asked myself when I was younger. Winning the World Cup in soccer? I never kicked a ball in a single match. Fancy cars…
Australia’s first lithium-ion battery Giga-factory is a step closer to commencing operations with the successful completion of a pilot plant program supported by the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre. Energy Renaissance (ER) now operates at their pilot facility, dubbed Apollo, at Tomago in the Hunter Valley, NSW producing up to 4MWh of batteries per month and…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used his opening speech and the national Jobs and Skills Summit to announce a TAFE training and skills blitz, headlined by 180,000 new fee-free TAFE places. Albanese told assembled politicians, industrialists, union and community representatives that National Cabinet had this week reached an agreement between the Commonwealth and every State…
After expanding for almost all of 2022, manufacturing fell into slight contraction in August, according to Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index. The monthly survey has shown results indicating growth every month since January, which was impacted by an outbreak of the Omicron Covid-19 variant over the summer. August’s 49.3 represented a fall of…
