Austal launches future USS Augusta Shipbuilder Austal’s Mobile, Alabama operation has delivered the future USS Augusta (LCS 34) to its customer, the United States Navy. This is the 17th Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) built by Austal USA for the USN. Austal CEO Paddy Gregg said the delivery of the Augusta five months after…
CSIRO has opened applications for another round of its ten-week Innovate to Grow program, with a limited set of free places available for small and medium enterprise companies working in the health and medical technologies sector. According to CSIRO, the ten-week program “provides SMEs with the knowledge and tools to better identify and understand their…
Seabin, a maker of floating buckets that suck in and filter waste such as oil and plastics out of ocean water, is launching its third equity crowd-sourced funding campaign on Tuesday. A message from the company on Friday said the round would help to scale up its nature repair impact data offering, which presented a…
The third annual Australian Made Week begins on Monday, as the Australian Made Campaign notes vastly increased licensee numbers since 2020. In a statement on Friday, Australian Made said the number of its licensees had “rocketed” upwards in the last three years, with consumers wanting to support more items “bearing trustworthy country-of-origin certification.” “The brand…
CSIRO appoints new Energy Director Dr Dietmar Tourbier has been appointed Director of Energy at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, following a competitive international recruitment search. Dr Peter Mayfield, CSIRO’s Executive Director for Environment, Energy and Resources, said Tourbier’s appointment comes at a critical juncture for Australia and CSIRO in particular. “Dr Tourbier’s deep industry…
By Jarryd Daymond, University of Sydney Imagine a world where computers can solve complex problems in seconds, making our current devices seem like mere typewriters. These supercomputers would revolutionise industries, create new medicines, and even help combat climate change. Imagine as well we could observe the workings of our own bodies in unprecedented detail, and…
The government should prioritise building sovereign capability, argues Martin Ripple ahead of Tuesday night’s federal budget. As we are awaiting the budget announcement, it is crucial that the federal government addresses the issue of sovereign capability in the country’s manufacturing industry. Australia has the highest dependency on manufactured imports and the lowest level of manufacturing…
Support for university-industry research continued on Monday, with $27 million in funding across eight Industry Laureate Fellowships announced. Following Friday’s awarding support for 50 projects in a new round of the Australian Research Council’s Early Career Industry Fellowships, the ARC announced the 2023 Industry Laureate Fellows. “Complementing the early and mid-career Industry Fellowship schemes, these…
Reused food waste for farming gets support The federal and Western Australian governments have co-invested $11.25 million in three organic recycling infrastructure projects that will divert up to 275,000 tonnes of Western Australia’s food organic and garden organic (FOGO) waste from landfill each year and convert it into compost. The new facilities are located to…
The new FaBA (Food and Beverage Accelerator), led by The University of Queensland and funded through the former federal government’s Trailblazer initiative, was officially opened on Thursday night. FaBA involves UQ, University of Southern Queensland and Queensland University of Technology, as well as industry partners including Eden Brew, All G Foods and Nourish Ingredients. Assistant…
