$65 million in funding announced for federal space programs
The federal government has announced $65 million in funding to support new launch sites and space flights for the space sector.
Applications open for six-month circular economy accelerator
Sydney’s Boomerang Labs is taking applications for its free six-month accelerator program for circular economy entrepreneurs. Between six and ten applicants will be selected for the accelerator, which is sponsored by EY, Bingo Industries and the NSW Environment Protection Authority. The program is split into Foundations, Partnerships, and Capital Raising modules. Applications are open until…
Swedish EV company wants Australian manufacturers to help ‘eliminate every single emission’ in its supply chain
Australian researchers and businesses have been invited to be a part of a moonshot project led by electric vehicle company Polestar, which aims to launch a “truly climate-neutral” car for release in 2030. The Swedish auto company announced its Polestar 0 project in April last year, and this week it is seeking expressions of interest…
Speedpanel, Deakin partner on new steel forming and joining solutions
Building products company Speedpanel has been awarded a $100,000 grant to refine its steel manufacturing processes in a ten-month project with Deakin University and the Innovative Manufacturing CRC.
‘Different world’ will constrain quantum collaboration beyond close allies: Chief Defence Scientist
Australia’s quantum academics need to accept the government will limit their international collaborations with world leading researchers because of an increasingly contested geopolitical environment, according to Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro.
Geelong selected as Hanwha’s $170 million armoured vehicle site
Avalon Airport has been chosen for Hanwha Defense Australia’s $170 million Armoured Vehicle Centre of Excellence.
Main Sequence buys into Silicon Valley factory robot company RIOS
CSIRO’s venture capital arm, Main Sequence, has led a Series A round for Menlo Park, California-headquartered factory automation-as-a-service company RIOS Intelligent Machines, with the US company to establish a presence in Australia.
Engineering products company to build new factory at Avon
The Reinforced Earth Company, a civil engineering products business, will establish a new site at Avon Industrial Park, near Northam in Western Australia.
‘Honeypot’: Chief Scientist backs local mRNA manufacturing
Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley has backed the domestic manufacturing of US-developed mRNA vaccines, likening the new capability as a “honeypot” which will have benefits beyond Covid-19 and stimulate the local sector.
Microgrid testing facility opened in Cairns
Ergon Energy has opened a new $6 million energy R&D facility in Cairns, described by the Queensland government as one of the most sophisticated of its kind in the nation.