By Peter Roberts Relations between workers and management at submarine builder ASC have sunk even lower with members of the trade unions on the site unanimously issuing a vote of no confidence in the CEO’s leadership. Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) SA Assistant State Secretary Stuart Gordon said around 300 members across the AMWU, AWU…
It seems to be a characteristic about proud Australian Made companies that their commitment to going local is more than just skin deep. Australian made licensee Boss Aluminium owner David Whitehead is one that doesn’t just claim local provenance, but strives to buy as much of the materials and systems he needs from other Australian…
This month marks two years of manufacturing for Philip Goodman, who says his company has so far managed to turn about 300,000 kilograms of post-industrial plastic into new permeable pavers. The Director of Truegrid Australia came to manufacturing after a career as developer and builder, particularly of over-50s lifestyle resorts. Goodman says he saw Truegrid…
The Australian Army is calling on defence industry and academia to pitch innovative capabilities to optimise its soldiers for littoral or near shore operations as part of Army Innovation Day 2024 (AID24). AID24 is a strategic collaboration between the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) and the Australian Army. Each year, Army Innovation Day poses a…
Fortescue Metals’ hydrogen-powered haul truck prototype, dubbed ‘Europa’, has operated off hydrogen for the first time. This development marks a major step in Fortescue’s mission to decarbonise heavy industry as well as the company’s partnership with Liebherr Mining. Delivered in collaboration with Liebherr, Europa is a T 264 Liebherr haul truck and contains a 1.6MWh…
Lunar rover prototypes built by the ELO2 Consortium – led by EPE and Lunar Outpost Oceania – are on a tour of the nation, following the March unveiling in Adelaide of three vehicles built by the team. ELO2 is one of two teams vying to build the nation’s first lunar rover, along with the AROSE…
The federal government has today released Australia’s first National Battery Strategy, supporting a Future Made in Australia as global demand for batteries is set to quadruple by 2030. According to a joint announcement by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Industry Minister Ed Husi, the Strategy maps a path for Australia to take advantage of this…
DroneShield in new US defence order Drone countermeasure manufacturer DroneShield has received a repeat order of $5.7 million from a U.S. Government customer for a number of its C-UxS (Counter-UxS, pictured) systems. C-UxS refers to counterdrone systems targeting multi-domain aerial, ground and maritime surface drones. The delivery, involving multiple DroneShield product lines, is expected to…
By Nicholas Way Mick Henricks is a rare breed – someone who has been able to turn his lifelong passion into his livelihood. The blacksmith behind the Roma-based The Farmer’s Forge in southern, central Queensland, he has been able to turn his passion for metal and woodwork since his school days into a growing business.…
A new study has found that moving from diesel power to an all-electric fleet of underground vehicles is competitive in an Australian mine. Miner IGO and Perenti Group and ABB released their collaborative white paper which found that converting the Cosmos Nickel Project in Western Australia to an all-electric underground fleet is technically feasible and…