Chief Scientist of CSIRO Professor Bronwyn Fox (pictured) will head a new National Robotics Strategy Advisory Committee to help guide Australia’s strategy for emerging automation technologies. The committee, which meets for the first time today, will work to develop a National Robotics Strategy that ensures Australia harnesses the opportunities from robotics and automation, from advanced…
Boundary Power has successfully delivered the first onsite deployment of Solar Qube renewable power generation unit in regional New South Wales. Boundary Power, a joint venture between Horizon Power and Ampcontrol, said the installation was the first time an Ampcontrol manufactured onsite, renewable Stand-Alone Power System (SAPS) had been deployed on the Australian East Coast.…
Nature-based technologies such as permanent plantings and forestry, as well as soil carbon had significant potential to sequester carbon to help Australia meet its climate goals according to a study released by the CSIRO. The study, of twelve carbon sequestration technologies and the role they could play in helping Australia reach net zero emissions, was…
The stealthy extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle programme (XL-AUV) being developed by Anduril Australia has been formally named the ‘Ghost Shark’ by the Department of Defence in a ceremony in Sydney. The name references Boeing’s successful development of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Ghost Bat for the RAAF. The ceremony at Anduril’s Sydney base featured a…
The American Bureau of Shipping has approved the design of Provaris Energy’s proposed 26,000 cubic metre H2Neo compressed hydrogen carriers (pictured). The approval for the green hydrogen transporter, the first of its kind to be approved globally at this level, will allow shipbuilders to provide firm quotations for the construction of a fleet of H2Neo…
The federal government has continued rolling out its plan for extra free-fee TAFE places with a new agreement signed with the Queensland Government. The 12-month Skills Agreement will inject more than $200 million into the Queensland skills and training sector to support access to over 37,000 Fee-Free TAFE and vocational education and training (VET) places…
We all need to eat, but we seem to take for granted our access to processed and fresh food and groceries, and even more so to Australia’s parlous food industry value chain. By Allen Roberts To consider the ‘food industry’ as one entity ignores the entirely different strategic drivers of the three main components: raw…
By Peter Roberts Manufacturing industry is not going to see any relief to current high energy prices following a week of meetings and announcements that revealed how the Albanese government is taking back some control of energy markets. But it will benefit from moderation of future rises and, surprisingly, a new mechanism that could align…
Thales Australia has been awarded a contract extension by the Department of Defence for an Internet Protocol (IP) based Maritime Tactical Wide Area Network (MTWAN) system. Part of the Royal Australian Navy’s Maritime Communications Modernisation and network centric warfare priorities, the contract was let under the navy’s SEA 1442 Phase 3 programme. Thales’s MTWAN is…
The Prime Minister has announced a breakthrough agreement with the states to intervene to cap the booming price of coal and gas. Federal Parliament will be recalled to pass legislation for a code of conduct for a period of 12 months capping gas prices at $12 a gigajoule. The code will be compulsory. Speaking at…
