Pure Hydrogen secures funding for Moreton Bay plant

Pure Hydrogen has signed a funding agreement with Singapore hydrogen developer CAC-H2 to partially fund its planned Emerald biomass-to-hydrogen plant at Moreton Bay, Queensland. The joint venture waste-to-hydrogen facilities will take feedstock such as wood waste, and convert it into Emerald Hydrogen using state-of-the-art gasification systems, and are the first of a number planned by…

EU FTA naming rights a food threat – AFGC

Food manufacturers are under threat from a European Union free trade agreement demand that would ban local companies from using common names such as ‘feta’, ‘parmesan’, ‘balsamic’ or ‘kransky’ on products – even if they have been making them for generations, according to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC). The EU wants Australian manufacturers…

Industry needs to prepare to grow with defence needs – by Sarah Pavillard

The federal government has announced a review of defence industry policy, and is also close to making an announcement on its selection of Australia’s future nuclear powered submarines. At the same time relations with China are in the news. Here Sarah Pavillard looks at the opportunities opening up for defence industry. Major announcements will come…

Build conventional submarines to maintain local skills – unions

Australian maritime trade unions have called on the federal government to commit to building six conventionally powered submarines locally to protect Australia’s sovereign defence capability as we transition to a nuclear submarine fleet in the 2040s. The Australian Shipbuilding Federation of Unions (ASFU) national convenor Glenn Thompson (pictured) warned that the nuclear submarines promised under…