Australian Cyber Week kicks off
The fifth annual Australian Cyber Week launches today, focussing on awareness of the sector in Australia and showcasing local innovators.
Building a marketing funnel that drives valuable action
A marketing funnel is commonly known as the process of converting a visitor or browser into a paying, loyal customer – easy, right? Not so much. The marketing funnel is a widely used and respected gold-standard inclusion in any thorough marketing strategy. It’s a sophisticated resource that requires persistent effort and close attention to achieve successful return on investment and profit. Let us explain.
Bid to build Aussie Space Radar announced
Ampcontrol and LeoLabs Australia have announced a consortium that aims to build surveillance radars “to catapult Australia into a space surveillance superpower.”
We need fast freight rail, fast
High Speed Freight Rail (HSFR) can help to transform Australia and to build our strengths and resilience. We need a strategy.
Quickstep signs $1.5 m deal to manufacture for drone delivery company
Composites specialist Quickstep Holdings has announced a manufacturing partnership with UAV logistics company Swoop Aero and a stake in Swoop’s parent company, Kookaburra Aerospace. Quickstep said in a statement that a contract with an initial order value of $1.5 million would see them provide engineering and manufacturing services, as well as an initial production run…
Four more businesses join maiden Australian commercial orbital launch
Four more startups have signed up to be on the first commercial orbital rocket launch from Australia, scheduled for next year, aboard Space Machines Company’s Optimus-1 craft.
$7.1 billion for new trains the first Olympics-related “local procurement” announcement: Qld govt
The Queensland government has announced it will spend $7.1 billion on 65 new trains to be built near Maryborough, calling it the first “local procurement” announcement related to the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. The trains would be built at Torbanlea, north-west of Maryborough, and add 800 new jobs in the Wide Bay-Burnett region, according to the…
Semiconductors: it’s all a show of power
We should not, cannot, just move on to the next ‘crisis’ without having a clear, implementable, and committed national policy for this one. By Glenn Downey.
Townsville engineering company’s expansion sees them relocate
Indigenous-owned Australian Engineering Professionals has moved into a bigger site at Townsville, increasing their ability to serve customers in mining equipment, defence and other sectors.
Central Coast food manufacturers will adopt world-first Australian hydrogen tech
Members of the Central Coast Hydrogen Food Cluster will be the first commercial users of an award-winning Australian-developed hydrogen-to-heat technology.