The Australian Workers Union has backed calls for a strategy to manage the billions of dollars being sought to prop up fiscally troubled metal smelters, as The Australian Financial Review reports. National secretary Paul Farrow said the AWU would welcome a smelting strategy under Labor’s Future Made in Australia policy, with equity or long-term loans…
Medical device company EMVision announced on Tuesday that five of its six pivotal trial sites are now actively enrolling and scanning patients for its bedside brain scanner, marking a significant milestone in the company’s quest to revolutionise stroke diagnosis. The Sydney-based company’s emu bedside brain scanner is being tested across leading hospitals in the United…
South Australian company Golden North Ice Cream is moving its processing facility after more than 100 years in the mid-north town of Laura, as the ABC reports. The operation will relocate to Murray Bridge, a little more than three hours away in the state’s Murraylands, to be closer to its milk suppliers. Managing director Dimi…
Victoria has opened Australia’s first facility accredited to manufacture a targeted cancer treatment that significantly improves patient survival rates and quality of life. Industry and Advanced Manufacturing Minister Colin Brooks opened IDT Australia’s Ehrlich Bioconjugation Centre in Boronia on Monday. The centre is dedicated to producing Antibody Drug Conjugates for research and development, clinical and…
ClearVue Technologies announced on Thursday that it will contribute technology and expertise to a major greenhouse research project led by RMIT University as part of the ARC Research Hub for Intelligent Energy Efficiency in Future Protected Cropping. The research program exceeding $20 million includes a $5 million grant from the Australian Research Council, with total…
Picture this: a building has collapsed after an earthquake, rescue crews are racing against time to find survivors buried in the rubble, and their secret weapon isn’t a robot or drone – it’s a beetle wearing a tiny backpack. University of Queensland researchers have turned science fiction into reality by creating what they cheerfully call…
Solar farms across Australia are about to get a robotic makeover, with artificial intelligence-powered machines set to revolutionise how panels are installed across the country’s renewable energy landscape. Robotics pioneer Luminous has scored $4.9 million in funding as the first recipient of ARENA’s $100 million Solar ScaleUp Challenge, designed to crowdsource ideas from around the…
Metal processor Nyrstar Australia urgently needs to secure a government rescue package to ensure a future for its loss-making smelters in South Australia and Tasmania, as The Australian Financial Review reports. Chief executive Matt Howell said the company’s Swiss owner was weighing whether to close the plants within weeks. Howell, who took over as chief…
Brisbane-based Versatile Structures has pulled off a dramatic rescue mission, announcing on Monday the acquisition of Superior Coaters just weeks before the Dulux-accredited powder coating facility was set to close its doors forever. The last-minute buyout reads like a business thriller – when Versatile Structures learned in April that their key supplier was shutting down…
Tasmanian businesses began receiving a 25 per cent increase to financial assistance on Monday as the Albanese Labor Government delivered on a key election commitment to boost the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme. The scheme recognises Tasmania’s reliance on shipping across the Bass Strait and supports Tasmanian shippers to move a range of non-bulk goods by…