Brisbane’s Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub is partnering with data and AI platform, Databricks to deliver AI intelligence to SME manufacturers. The AI, robotics and design-for-manufacture hub’s new alliance will enable smarter decision-making through affordable, safe, relevant and always up-to-date data and AI solutions. ARM Hub Founder and CEO Professor Cori Stewart said: “Our…
It is probably “quite a surprise to Australian manufacturers to find themselves as the centrepiece industry” the Ai Group has commented ahead of next week’s federal budget, though skills shortages continue to hold the industry back. In a research note published by the employer organisation this week, it takes stock of the manufacturing industry’s performance…
The federal government has today announced a boost to renewables in Victoria and Tasmania, with a combined 1.7GW of the 6GW available across the country in Australia’s largest ever tender for renewable energy. Deals will be signed with the states as part of the federal government’s Capacity Investment Scheme, which envisages 32GW of reliable renewables…
Luxury Gold Coast boat builder Riviera has reached an historic milestone, launching its 6000th motor yacht at its production facility at Coomera. To mark the occasion, the company’s 950 strong team wearing commemorative shirts formed a visually spectacular ‘guard of honour’ for the vessel, measuring hundreds of metres, as it emerged from the manufacturing station.…
Today in our editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s Innovation Effort – Dr Matthew Young looks at the Australian government’s aim of close to doubling R&D spending to the equivalent of 3% of GDP, and concludes it might be better to set a better goal. Advocating for an increase in Australia’s national…
Western Australia’s energy transition is a winner in Western Australia’s 2024-25 State Budget which injects $500 million towards what the government calls a cleaner, affordable and reliable energy future. The new funding includes a further $324 million investment into the state’s main electricity network to supply power tp enable industry to expand. The investment will…
The Whyalla steelworks blast furnace is idle and workers have accepted a temporary loss of pay following an incident during a routine shutdown operation. Owner GFG Alliance has confirmed that the blast furnace – Australia’s only source of steel rails and structural steel, had been closed since March due to an uncontrolled iron breakout which…
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel “through to 2050 and beyond”. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuel’s uses would change over time, as energy efficiency improved, renewables were firmed and emissions were…
Critical minerals developer Cadoux has moved into rare earths processing through the acquisition of a 50 percent stake in emerging downstream processor Minhub Operations (MOPL). Under a two stage acquisition process Cadoux plans to move to 100 percent control of Minhub, which is developing the Minhub third-party downstream heavy mineral sands and rare earths production…
Sponsored article According to Microsoft’s recent survey on business trends, nearly 9 out of 10 workers hope to use AI to reduce repetitive tasks in their jobs. But until recently, AI has been a commodity that few SMBs could truly invest in. In this article, we will introduce you to some of the Copilot features…
