Square kilometre array construction kicks off

Construction has begun on the world’s largest radio telescope, the $3 billion Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO,) which is being developed across large areas of outback Western Australia and South Africa. Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic officiated at the ground-breaking ceremony on Wajarri Yamaji Country, 800 kilometres north of Perth yesterday. An international…

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Chair appointed to WA manufacturing hub steering group

Former Western Australian MP Clive Brown has been appointed Chair of the South West Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Hub (SW AMTECH) steering group. Brown would provide independent advice to the state government via regional development minister Alannah MacTiernan, according to a statement from MacTiernan’s office on Saturday. Bunbury-Geographe presented the opportunity to establish a manufacturing…

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Australian company awarded grant to bring semiconductor packaging onshore

Biological sample tracking technology company Bluechiip has been awarded a $787,810 grant under the federal government’s Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, which will cover half the cost of a new semiconductor dicing and packing operation. The company announced on Friday that it was one of 18 grant recipients under the program, which offers grants between $50,000…

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EMVision cashed up from three government and non-government grants Medical imaging company EMVision Medical Devices expects to receive $8.8 million in funding from three grant programmes in the current quarter. The company received in November $1.2 million in milestone payments from the Australian Stroke Alliance which is funding its development of a system utilising microwaves…

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