Funding totalling $58.3 million has been announced through the most recent round of the Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme, supporting projects including quantum computing devices, more durable perovskite-based solar photovoltaic cells, and terahertz biosensing. Funding for 17 researchers was announced on Tuesday through the scheme, which is part of ARC’s Discovery Program and supports researchers “to…
Suvo and PERMAcast have entered a joint venture to develop low-carbon geopolymer concrete products.
The federal government has announced Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) and an AECOM and Aurecon Joint Venture as the concept design partners for South Australia’s new nuclear-powered submarine construction yard (NPSCY). KBR has extensive experience in supporting design and project management for defence infrastructure facilities and will design the area of the NPSCY that will…
A South Australian manufacturer has set a new benchmark, making the first Australian-made and fully certified flushable wet wipes.
The Western Australian Government has launched a prospectus to help boost local manufacturing, outlining the state’s vision for the sector.
Economists should stop insisting that local manufacturers compete in a ‘free market’ because world markets are far from free, argues Julie Harrison, Chief Executive Officer of Harrison Manufacturing. There’s a line in the movie Apocalypse Now in which the narrator ponders that, ‘charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding…
The federal government has released Australia’s first National Robotics strategy boosting robotics and automation technologies to build a Future Made in Australia. The Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic made the announcement at an AI summit in Sydney. Robotics and automation technologies have enormous potential to transform advanced manufacturing, support a transition to net…
A shuffle of ownership of wine businesses which could have seen one of Australia’s three biggest wine producers return to Australian control has withered on the vine. Australian Vintage which manufactures Nepenthe and Barossa Valley Wine Company products had been in discussions about a possible merger with private equity owned Accolade Wines, the maker of…
The Whyalla steelworks is back producing steel following successful repairs to the blast furnace, GFG Alliance Chairman Sanjeev Gupta has just announced. Gupta made the announcement while visiting the steelworks to inspect repairs (pictured) after an uncontrolled iron breakout which damaged the furnaces outer shell. Whyalla is Australia’s only source of steel rails and structural…
Australian small to medium sized businesses will have access to expert advice on how to safely adopt artificial intelligence into their operations following the announcement of a new $17 million programme. the Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic today announced four AI Adopt Centres under the AI Adopt Program which will connect business with…