Towards 3% R&D webinar for the latest on the R&D tax incentive

The Research and Development Tax Incentive will be one of the issues discussed during @AuManufacturing News and public accounting, tax, consulting and business advisory BDO’s latest webinar Towards 3% R&D – Where to from here?. Following on from our editorial series and e-book on Australia’s faltering national research effort, the 19 September webinar features Nicola…

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Sod turned at upcoming RNA research and manufacturing facility

Construction has begun at the RNA Research and Pilot Manufacturing Facility at Macquarie University’s main campus, northwest of Sydney’s CBD, with completion scheduled for 2026. In a statement on Monday, the NSW government said the upcoming facility will allow for a “wide range of RNA vaccines, therapeutics and delivery technologies to be independently designed and…

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Is Australia’s role in critical supply chains as ever – we supply materials, they do value adding

By Peter Roberts Some years into Australia’s newfound awareness of critical mineral supply chains and their importance to electrification and new technologies, have things changed all that much? Mostly, despite the hype of our being a battery or other materials ‘superpower’, Australia still supplies the raw materials and others do the economic value adding in…

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Best of the week — the five most popular stories among readers, September 2 – September 6, 2024

What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) TAFE NSW Advanced Manufacturing Centre of Excellence announced The NSW and federal governments have announced combined funding of $53.95 million to support a new TAFE centre in western Sydney to deliver training in engineering, transport and renewable energy. In a…

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