Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor has revealed the Commonwealth will offer the states and territories a new 5-year skills agreement that will come with an additional $4.8 billion in funding. Speaking ahead of Cabinet meeting tomorrow O’Connor told the Australasian VET Research Association Conference that he would announce the proposed agreement later today, boosting…
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Micro-X wins international design award X-ray company Micro-X has won an internationally-renowned iF Design Award for its Argus X-ray Camera. According to a statement from the Adelaide-based company, Argus won over the 133-member jury, made up of independent experts from all over the world, for its high impact in transforming stand-off imaging capability for bomb…
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The University of NSW has announced that four researchers from its science and engineering faculties have been awarded a total of $5.5 million for projects covering quantum computing, environmental sensing, urban stormwater reuse, and fusion energy storage. The funding is being delivered through the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) new Mid-Career Industry Fellowships program ($3.7 million)…
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The first round of grants under the Victorian Land Systems Fund – Supply Chain Uplift Program, has been announced, with five companies awarded between $2,000 and $100,000 for projects to help them participate in Hanwha Defense Australia’s supply chain. The grants were announced during a visit by manufacturing minister Ben Carroll to Hanwha’s site —…
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Biotechnology company BioCina is expanding the capabilities of its Australian biologics facility (pictured), broadening its capabilities to manufacture mRNA-based vaccines and therapies. The factory, formerly owned by vaccines manufacturer Pfizer, is to employ a range of technologies from associated companies Cytiva and others associated with American medical group of companies Danaher, as well as collaborater…
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A new report on technology adoption in the transport industry suggests that many jobs will disappear or be changed, with a majority of workers feeling unprepared when it comes to their skills. The Creating our future transport and mobility workforce study was carried out by the iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre and Swinburne University, and considered…
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Australian space launch provider Southern Launch has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UK based Space Forge to explore possibilities returning satellites to Earth at Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in outback South Australia. Space Forge is offering an in-space manufacturing and research service incorporating both launch and return of a new small class of…
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University of Queensland researchers have inspiration from nature to develop unique hydrogels derived from snakes that can save people from blood loss incurred during traumatic injury. Based at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), postdoctoral research fellow Dr Amanda Kijas and Professor Alan Rowan looked at compounds in snake venom that activate the…
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Yesterday in Part 1 of this two-part analysis, Sarah Pavillard outlined the policy needed to support SMEs into AUKUS supply chains. Today, as we continue our sponsored series reporting BAE Systems Australia’s Partnering for success defence industry supplier event, she argues that industry needs to come to the party too. The AUKUS agreement is a…
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The Australian Industry & Defence Network (AIDN) has welcomed the principle espoused in the government’s Defence Strategic Review for a more self-reliant and a sovereign industrial base. However the organisation representing the $10.6 billion sector said there was a need for a comprehensive policy and procurement framework to be put in place to achieve this…
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