An Australian state once ridiculed for its reliance on renewable energy sources is being used as a global example of how traditional “base load” generation can be eliminated from the electricity supply system.
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s key message to business in a landmark speech on Monday was “back yourself”.
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Brisbane mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering (ASX: ANG) strengthened its finances and boosted profits despite a 14 per cent decline in revenues in 2019. The company today reported EBITDA up 60 per cent to $14.2 million on revenues of $275 million, a fall of 14 per cent on the previous year. The company also enjoyed…
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Radio and satellite communications equipment manufacturer EM Solutions has won a $6.5 million order from the French Thales defence group for an unspecified connectivity project. The deal, the latest in the two companies commercial relationships which were formalised in a framework agreement in 2016, is for satellite radio systems. The Brisbane company will supply its…
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The Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre will be established at the Lot Fourteen innovation precinct in Adelaide, South Australia this year.
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Quickstep has announced a $2.7 million profit for the financial year 2018 – 19, with Joint Strike Fighter contracts making up $53 million of $73.3 million in revenue and ramping to full production in the current FY.
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By Rachel A. Ankeny, Professor of History and Philosophy, and Deputy Dean Research (Faculty of Arts), University of Adelaide The South Australian government recently announced its intention to lift the long-standing statewide moratorium on genetically modified (GM) crops, following a statutory six-week consultation period. A government-commissioned independent review had estimated the cost of the moratorium…
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In 1992, Mark Yates founded Replas, which makes outdoor products including bollards, decking and furniture, and recycles up to 4,000 tonnes of plastic a year. Yates tells Brent Balinski what to make of the current discussion we’re having around recycling, and about a recent project making handplanes out of reclaimed marine litter.
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Building and construction group Boral (ASX: BLD) today reported annual results little changed from the previous year, a creditable result given a slump in housing construction in Australia and the United States. Despite a 15 per cent decline in Australian housing starts and lower than expected growth in the US, Boral managed revenues of $5.9…
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Comment by Peter Roberts Barely a day goes by without some sort of warning to Australia and Australian business that the future is at risk because of our political paralysis over the related issues of global warming and future energy needs. In little more than a week we have seen warnings of various kinds from…
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