By Salman Shooshtarian, RMIT University and Tayyab Maqsood, RMIT University At Fremantle Prison in the 1850s, when metal was scarce, the prison gate and handrails were made from iron recovered from sunken ships. As I toured the prison recently, I reflected on how similar the situation was when COVID-19 disrupted building supply chains across Australia.…
Applications opened on Monday for a federal government program offering grants worth $25,000 to small and medium enterprises, assisting them to minimise energy use. The Energy Efficiency Grants for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Round 1 assists SMEs “replace or upgrade existing equipment to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs”. It is open to companies…
The department of defence announced on Monday that it has signed new contracts with the University of South Australia and Deakin University, cumulatively worth $1.746 million, for R&D focussed on using artificial intelligence to process noisy and dynamic data into information. The funding is through the Next Generation Technologies Fund (NGTF) and the projects are…
NSW’s first hydrogen bus trial underway on Central Coast NSW’s first hydrogen-powered electric bus hit the streets of the Central Coast on Monday. “These hydrogen buses are the first step in growing our green hydrogen industry which is estimated to grow the NSW economy by an extra $600 million each year from 2030 onwards and…
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a $10 million investment in the Monash Centre for Advanced mRNA Medicines Manufacturing and Workforce Training which will provide highly specialised training to workers across all aspects of the mRNA manufacturing life cycle. Andrews, who was joined on a visit to Monash by the Minister for Industry and Innovation…
It used to be that hair dressers and chefs dominated Australia’s list of most wanted skills – but not any more. Manufacturing and industry skills are among those most in shortage according to a new quarterly Labour Market Update report from Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA). Topping the list of the top 20 occupations in…
