Crane tech company gets $5 million venture backing, will hire three new staff
Blackbird Ventures has made a $5 million investment in West Australian crane innovator Roborigger.
Go local: how to keep the power on when disaster hits
To make the system more resilient, we need to ensure a local area can maintain power even when power is cut off elsewhere. This is feasible with microgrids.
Electric car sales tripled last year. Here’s what we can do to keep them growing
By Gail Broadbent, PhD candidate Faculty of Science UNSW, and Graciela Metternicht, Professor of Environmental Geography, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW A total of 6718 electric vehicles were sold in Australia in 2019. That’s three times as many as in 2018, but it’s still small beer. More than a million fossil-fueled light vehicles…
First fuselage for Loyal Wingman program completed
Boeing has announced completion of a fuselage structural assembly for the first of three prototypes for the Loyal Wingman program with the Royal Australian Air Force. “The partnership with Boeing is key to building our understanding of not just the operational implications for these sorts of vehicles, but also making us a smart customer…
Electric car sales up 203 per cent but policy action still needed, says EV Council
Annual Australian electric vehicle sales increased 203 per cent in 2019 to 6,718, according to a figures released on Thursday by the Electric Vehicle Council, which said Australia could accelerate growth further if it followed the lead of other countries.
How important are Indonesian-Australian economic ties?
Indonesia is largely covered in the press in Australia these days – mainly about the three B’s – boats, beef and Bali. In other words, illegal immigration, live cattle exports and drug smuggling normally dominates.
Time running out to be part of March/April roadshow for Army’s biggest project
Final calls are being made for businesses wanting to participate in roadshows over March and April for the Army’s biggest project, the LAND 400 Phase 3.
Coopers stout is dark horse in beer race
It may be at its best in winter but Coopers Stout has come out of hibernation to buck the declining sales trend for traditional beer styles.
Lactalis Australia to shut Rockhampton site, scale back South Brisbane output due to Queensland milk shortage
Dairy business Lactalis Australia will close its Rockhampton factory at the end of the month and scale back yoghurt production at its South Brisbane site, citing changes to milk supply within Queensland. In a statement, Lactalis said the Rockhampton factory had not been at full production – running only three or four days a week…
Scott Morrison’s gas transition plan is a dangerous road to nowhere
By Tim Baxter, Fellow – Melbourne Law School; Senior Researcher – Climate Council; Associate – Australian-German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne As Australia continues to battle horrific bushfires, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a renewed focus on gas-fired electricity to reduce emissions and lower energy prices. This is a dangerous and completely…