In a turnaround for anti-dumping actions, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine exports into China. The news came in an announcement from one of the country’s largest winemakers, Treasury Wine Estates, which told investors it would co-operate with any requests it received from Chinese or Australian authorities. TWE…
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Brabham Automotive’s Adelaide-made supercar, the BT62 (pictured below), is to get an equally super sound system following a link up with a fellow local manufacturer, Kyron. Brabham Automotive CEO Dan Marks said his company partners with brands which have the same focus on quality, customer engagement and which strive for excellence in their field. “Kyron,…
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The Defence department is supporting Australia’s deepening naval shipbuilding industry through a new Naval Architecture programme at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra. The new programme will commence in 2022 and see up to 15 Bachelor of Engineering (Naval Architecture) students undertake a specialised stream of courses in their third and fourth year…
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The NSW government has announced it will provide $5 million in support of personal protective equipment manufacturing in the state.
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The world is hoping a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine will soon become available. So far, more than 160 candidate vaccines are in development.
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By Kris Gale Followers of the saga surrounding the Bill that cuts the value of the R&D Tax Incentive have a long time to wait until uncertainties are cleared up. The Bill pares back value for the Refundable R&D Tax Offset and slashes support for the vast majority of Non-Refundable Offset claimants off the back…
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The plan to block any research and development tax incentive claims on JobKeeper payments has been labelled “absurd” and damaging to tech companies at the “worst possible time”, with several prominent experts railing against the proposal.
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Hearing implant manufacturer Cochlear plunged to a loss during the 2020 financial year as its results were hit by Covid-19 and a massive patent battle loss. The Sydney company today reported a net loss of $238.3 million for the year which included $416.3 million in expenses and penalties in a failed patent battle in the…
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Australia’s east coast gas users are paying prices significantly above export parity prices according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. The ACCC’s Gas Inquiry 2017-2025 Interim Report shows that prices offered to domestic gas users in late 2019 and early 2020 ranged from $8 to $11/GJ. While this was down slightly from the $9…
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In the second day of @AuManufacturing’s Australia’s niche champions series, we speak to inventors and others about finding their place in the world. What can be learned from their efforts to bring game-changing ideas to market from Australia? By Brent Balinski.
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