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Defence, Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter February 6, 2023

Spoehr joins circular economy advisory group Professor John Spoehr, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Impact) and Director of Flinders University’s Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, has joined the new Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group. Reporting to federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek, the advisory group will work with state and territory environment Ministers, industry leadership and the 15-member national advisory group…

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Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter February 3, 2023

Hydrogen skills study begins at Kogan Creek A new Queensland government-backed study is underway in the Darling Downs to determine the skills that will be needed by the local hydrogen industry workforce. Minister for training Di Farmer visited the Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise (TSBE) this week to review progress of the study to be…

New health sensor research facility opened at UNSW

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter February 3, 2023

A new centre that will help “build a national end-to-end ecosystem for the design, manufacturing and commercialisation” of health sensors was launched this week. The ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health is led by University of NSW and has 26 industry partners – 24 Australian companies and one each from the USA and…

Australian Aluminium Council wants aluminium on critical minerals list

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter February 3, 2023

The Australian Aluminium Council has requested that bauxite, alumina and aluminium be added to the nation’s list of critical minerals, citing their importance in the energy transition, the narrowness of the current list, and actions taken by international peers. “To capitalise on the nation’s abundance of these commodities and to position Australia as a supplier…

Project aims to take renewable, recycled rebar into production

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter February 2, 2023

University of Southern Queensland has shared details of a collaboration between its researchers and building materials company Inconmat, supported through the latest round of Cooperative Research Centre Project (CRC-P) grants. The team’s work is focussed on an answer to the corrosion issues that come with steel reinforcement bars used in concrete structures. The project is…

National Reconstruction Fund submissions close on Friday

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter February 2, 2023

Submissions related to implementation of the federal government’s key manufacturing policy item, the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund, will close at the end of Friday. Funding was committed to the NRF in last October’s budget. It is intended to be run at arm’s length from the government by an independent board guided by an investment…

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Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter February 2, 2023

Ampcontrol rebrands all its businesses Electrical engineering group Ampcontrol has rebranded its various subsidiaries to ‘meet the growth and response to industry needs for innovative power solutions and service’. Wholly owned and operated by Ampcontrol is Austech, Burn Brite, Captech, CPS National and Verico. From 1 February 2023, these businesses will be rebranded to Ampcontrol…

Circular economy advisory group to hold first meeting this month

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter February 1, 2023

A new Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group, chaired by Professor John Thwaites, will meet for the first time this month.

Researchers turn seawater into hydrogen with high efficiency

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter February 1, 2023

An international team led by University of Adelaide researchers have created green hydrogen from seawater by electrolysis without pre-treatment, using a non-precious and cheap catalyst, and claiming “nearly 100 per cent efficiency”.

Our future could be full of undying, self-repairing robots. Here’s how

TechnologyBy Staff Reporter February 1, 2023

By Jonathan Roberts, Queensland University of Technology With generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT and StableDiffusion being the talk of the town right now, it might feel like we’ve taken a giant leap closer to a sci-fi reality where AIs are physical entities all around us. Indeed, computer-based AI appears to be advancing…

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