The federal government has issued a Proposals Paper for Introducing Mandatory Guardrails for AI in High-Risk Settings responding to business calls to clarity on AI regulation The proposals paper canvasses a proposed definition of high-risk AI, ten proposed mandatory guardrails and regulatory options to mandate these guardrails. The three regulatory approaches could be: Adopting the…
Room-temperature quantum computing manufacturer Quantum Brilliance has announced a collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to build a joint platform integrating quantum computing with high-performance computing (HPC). The collaboration will focus on integrating an on-premises cluster of QB’s quantum accelerators with ORNL’s HPC systems to explore the performance and effectiveness of parallelised and hybridised…
The federal government has been deluged with massive offers to build solar projects in the first round of its Capacity Investment Scheme with six new big battery projects getting the green light. Two big batteries will be built in South Australia and two in Victoria with the largest in the former coal power stronghold of…
Ahead of @AuManufacturing and BDO’s webinar Towards 3% R&D – Where to from here? on 19 September (information and sign up here) Stephanie Moscovis looks at Australia’s Trailblazer programme that is derisking research into decarbonising the economy. Research and development (R&D) is not just a process; it is the secret sauce of innovation, the driving…
By Sirjana Adhikari, Deakin University; Ellen Moon, Deakin University, and Wendy Timms, Deakin University As the climate changes, large parts of southern Australia are projected to get drier. Extreme rains are also becoming more common. For farmers, these changes pose big risks. What can we do to manage changes already locked in? One adaptation is…
Seatransport to design ships with closed cell foam Gold Coast based Ship design group Seatransport has secured the approval and exclusive licence for a Class approved closed cell foam for commercial vessels. After six years co-operation with Strathclyde University and a European foam manufacturer overcoming toxicity and flammability issues with marine closed cell foam, Lloyd…
Access solutions company Grifco has outgrown its old site, moving to a new factory at Somersby (pictured) with triple the production capacity. According to a statement from parent company Chamberlain Group on Wednesday, the new 19,000 square metre purpose-built facility puts Chamberlain’s NSW manufacturing, warehousing, and engineering staff all under the same roof for the…
Following its recent acquisition of VASS Electrical Industries, French-based electrical equipment company Legrand has announced that it will double its size in Australia after buying Australian Plastic Profiles (APP) for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is its largest in Australia since HPM in 2007, said Legrand, and follows the buyouts of southwest Sydney-based busway power…
Queensland space and defence company Black Sky Aerospace has rebranded as Black Sky Industries and opened a new headquarters in Logan, announcing ambitions to create “hundreds of advanced manufacturing and defence industry jobs over the next decade”. In a statement on Wednesday, the company – which announced last year that it had become the first…
Perth international shipbuilder Austal has committed to using LocAl lower-carbon Aluminium supplied by aluminium processor Capral to support their initiatives in sustainable manufacturing and responsible procurement. Capral has been a long-term supplier to Austal which builds aluminium and steel hulled passenger ferries and vessels for Defence and Border Security. Early in 2023, Austal committed to…
