Innovation precincts deliver outsized benefits – NSW government report

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Successful innovation precincts deliver outsized economic and productivity benefits for government, businesses, investors and workers according to a new report from the NSW Innovation and Productivity Council. The report, NSW Innovation Precincts: Lessons from International Experience, identifies the economic benefits of innovation precincts which include higher than average productivity, greater resilience to economic downturns and…

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Cloud ERP solutions key to unleashing productivity

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As part of @AuManufacturing’s and International Exhibition & Conference Group’s editorial partnership we profile the locally developed ERP solution – Wiise. Featured at this month’s Modern Manufacturing Expo in Sydney, Wiise CEO Charlie Wood outlines the benefits. Australian manufacturing contributes $100 billion to the country’s annual GDP and is set to play a key role…

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$260,000 awarded to medtech partnership between University of Melbourne and Bendigo Health

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The Victorian government-funded Australian Medtech Manufacturing Centre is supporting a $260,000 partnership between the University of Melbourne and Bendigo Health, aiming to accelerate development of products. In an announcement on Thursday, the Victorian government said it was the first time the $20 million program had funded a partnership in a regional location and followed previous…

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Reliability issues, lack of investment, climate change doom coal fired electricity

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By Peter Roberts There is still a degree of nostalgia among some industry observers for the days when coal fired power stations delivered Australia some of the lowest-priced electricity in the world. But just as the days of Australia’s low cost advantage are long gone so too are the odds stacking up against any future…

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We want to be able to manufacture batteries – Husic

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Industry minister Ed Husic has given the strongest indication yet that the federal government will back with cash new battery manufacturing in Australia. Speaking to the Australian Information Industry Association, Husic indicated funds would come from the government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund. One of the fund’s seven priority areas is in manufacturing renewables and…

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BluGlass joins Californian electronics R&D consortium

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BluGlass has joined a collaborative research effort at University of California Santa Barbara dedicated to new semiconductor-based technologies. According to an announcement from the company on Wednesday, membership of the university’s Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center (SSLEEC) is invite-only. The industry-researcher group involves the university’s pre-eminent gallium nitride experts, said BlueGlass, including blue-LED…

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