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…
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A team of researchers led by University of South Australia’s Professor Yan Zhuge will trial a world-leading solution to heal cracked concrete in pipelines, a maintenance problem worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually in Australia. The university said in a statement on Monday that the team – which also includes researchers from the University…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Venture capital investment has slowed this year. But if your company does something that solves a real-world problem and that customers want as a result, then you can still get funded, believes Marten Jurg from Additive Assurance. Jurg’s company announced a $4.1 million raise last week, led by Significant Capital Ventures. AA’s products, which monitor…
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What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. GUPTA PLANS EXPANSION OF WHYALLA IRON ORE AND GREEN STEEL – REPORTS GFG Alliance chairman Sanjeev Gupta has announced a massive boost to his Whyalla, South Australia iron ore mining operations as well as the production of green…
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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…
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Australian machine tool business ANCA CNC Machines has shared details of its work with customer The Edge Equine, a Bendigo-based company exporting horse dentistry products to more than 40 countries. According to a release from ANCA this week, the relationship began with enquiry from a horse dentist about sharpening equine dental blades. The Edge produces…
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Adelaide universities to merge The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia are to merge to form a single university which will be Australia’s biggest when measured by the number of Australian students being educated. The new entity, to be known as Adelaide University will combine two campuses which adjoin each other in…
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