The latest budget has given the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission a boost in funding and powers to counter high gas prices. Gas users have described the current east coast energy crisis as ‘a perfect storm’ and ‘apocalyptic’. The ACCC has been given a funding injection to review the voluntary code of conduct over gas…
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By William Poole Swinburne University of Technology’s Factory of the Future was the site for Markforged’s Australian launch of the FX20, its groundbreaking new composite 3D printer, on October 25. The function marked the start of a nationwide roadshow for the FX20, with Markforged staging additional events in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. The Factory of…
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AML3D has announced a purchase contract with BAE Systems to investigate the feasibility and prototyping of metal 3D printed components as part of the design and construction of nine Hunter class frigates in Adelaide. AML3D said the prototype components aim to provide higher strength properties than typical materials while also providing an alternative to traditionally…
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The first Labor budget in a decade has been generally well received, but not by Tim McLean. Here he mourns the loss of AusIndustry’s Entrepreneurs Programme, a victim of government cuts. Read the media and you would think that the #federalbudget was a undisputed boon to Australian manufacturing. However hidden in the detail is the…
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SEA Electric creates all electric fuel truck Electric vehicle drivetrain manufacturer SEA Electric’s collaboration with Air bp and Refuel International had produced Australia’s first electric aviation refueller (pictured). The company has developed a number of specialist electric trucks with users, describing the latest truck development as ‘perhaps our most interesting final application to date, with…
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Sun Cable, the company behind bold plans to export green electricity from Northern Australia to Singapore, is now thinking bigger – of an Asia Green Grid Network to Advance renewable energy connectivity across the region. Announced at Singapore International Energy Week, the Asia Green Grid Network (AGGN) brings together leading renewable energy experts and nine…
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Bega Cheese has executed a smooth CEO transition with CEO of six years Paul van Heerwaarden standing down to be replaced by COO Pete Findlay (pictured). Van Heerwaarden has presided over an extraordinary period of growth of the Australian-owned manufacturer, doubling turnover as he executed takeovers of the Mondalez Grocery business, various Reckitt businesses, the…
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Solving sustainability problems, protecting healthcare providers from Covid-19, and using technology to train next-gen pilots are among the achievements of award-winning STEM innovators recognised at the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering’s (ATSE’s) annual Awards, held tonight in Sydney. Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) President Hugh Bradlow said the award winners…
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The nation’s peak industry bodies have welcomed the Federal budget’s initiatives but said it does not go far enough in addressing Australia’s structural productivity problems. The Ai Group, Business Council of Australia, and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry have warned that while the budget is a positive first step it did not act…
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“A better future for Australia must mean a future made in Australia,” Treasurer Jim Chalmers said at the launch of the latest budget. The 2022 budget delivered a series of wins for Australian industry, targeting the creation of a better foundation for future STEM students, a commitment to cleaner and cheaper energy, and an eye…
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