By Dr Samih Nabulsi Cook Medical Australia has long been a vocal supporter of a patent box style tax regime for Australia and therefore welcomes the government’s 2021 Budget announcement. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our industry peers and sector peak bodies, over the last eight years we have highlighted the benefits of such an incentivised tax…
Duratrack Railway Sleepers has announced what it says is an Australian first: type approval of its composite recycled railway sleepers by mainline rail operators V/Line and Metro Trains Melbourne.
The Australian government should appoint a Chief Technologist to drive its digital agenda and provide leadership and guidance in the face of “ministerial musical chairs”, according to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia.
A Space Division within the Royal Air Australian Air Force was officially announced on Wednesday. According to a statement, the new division will include personnel from all areas within Defence, reflecting the importance of space, and begin operating early next year. Air Force chief Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld, said space was critical to defence’s operations,…
Darwin-based additive manufacturing company SPEE3D will be presented with the SME Innovation Award at the Land Forces 2021 event next month.
By Isaac Gross, Monash University On budget night federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced Australia is getting its own “patent box”. What is a patent box? Despite its odd name, it is a relatively straightforward concept. It means lowering the tax rate on all income derived from patents registered in a nation. About half the members…
Moog Australia has officially opened its expanded factory at Heatherton, as result of what it says is “significant growth” as it begins a multi-phase expansion plan over the next five years and focusses on defence solutions in the Indo-Pacific region. The $2.7 million expansion was assisted by the Victorian state government, and would create as…
Micro-X’s lightweight, ruggedised x-ray machine for field hospital deployment has won the Land Forces 2021 National Innovation Award.
Not-for-profit VET organisation IBSA Group will present its new report — Scaling Up. Developing Modern Manufacturing Through a Skilled Workforce — to the federal government this week, which includes suggestions to deal with skills shortages that stand in the way of a local manufacturing renaissance.
South Australia’s growing ranks of craft brewers and distillers say that a dramatic increase in excise rebates that will put an extra $250,000 a year in their pockets is a “game-changer” that will boost jobs, production and focus on exports.