The federal government has announced a continuation of Thales Australia’s long standing role maintaining Royal Australian Navy ships with a new $2 billion contract to maintain and sustain Australia’s naval fleet in Sydney. French-owned Thales Australia has been appointed as the Regional Maintenance Provider for the new Regional Maintenance Centre East at Defence’s Garden Island…
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BlueScope Steel has unveiled a Master Plan to develop 200 Hectares (Ha) of non-steelmaking, excess landholdings adjacent to the company’s Port Kembla Steelworks in New South Wales. The Master Plan will see BlueScope transform the surplus land next door to its steelmaking plant, into what the company calls ‘a next generation multi-industrial precinct’ with potential…
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Western Australian-based Greenroom Robotics Pty Ltd has joined shipbuilder Austal’s Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial, underway for Trusted Autonomous Systems and the Royal Australian Navy. Greenroom Robotics will integrate their Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) control software, known as GAMA, into Sentinel – pictured, a decommissioned Armidale-class Patrol Boat. The integration will allow autonomous navigation, remote pilotage…
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University investment group Uniseed is looking for new venture finance managers following its expansion, with five new universities backing its commercialising efforts. Uniseed is now searching for people to fill new roles of Investment Manager (Technology) in Melbourne and an Investment Manager (Biotechnology) in Sydney. Uniseed’s existing partners are the long established universities of Queensland,…
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Australia’s wine industry recorded the lowest wine production in 15 years in 2022-13, with total sales exceeding wine prodiction, according to new figures from Wine Australia. Total sales of Australian wine were 11 per cent above production in 2022–23 – not enough to substantially reduce pressure on historically high national wine inventory levels Wine Australia’s…
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Applications are now open for a new Queensland government fund that aims to back businesses to deliver more bush projects. The $50 million Backing Business in the Bush Fund will support small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that are looking to expand, enhance or diversify their business operations across regional Queensland. By investing in productivity…
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Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group has pressed ‘go’ on three green hydrogen projects in Australia and internationally to cost a collective $1.14 billion (US$750 million) over the next three years. The company’s board announced final investment decision had been reached on two green energy projects including one planned for Gladstone, Queensland and a green metals…
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Diversified building products manufacturer Brickworks believes Australia is on the cusp of a significant building boom, notwithstanding some softness in its markets in the short term. The company, which is also involved in property development, investment activities and brick manufacture in the United States, told its annual general meeting that it was navigating a number…
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Adelaide-headquartered packaging company Detmold Group has announced Sascha Detmold Cox as its new CEO, effective immediately, after what it said was an “extensive recruitment process”. Detmold Cox has worked at Detmold for over three decades, including in her current role as CEO of Detmold Medical. Executive Chair Rodney Detmold will assume the role of Acting…
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Applications are now open and four companies will be selected for a first round of the new Cremorne Digital Hub (CDH) Scaleup Program, which will get underway in February. According to a statement from Victorian industry minister Natalie Hutchins on Tuesday, the program will support companies possessing “high investment and job creation potential” with their…
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