The Australian Made Campaign has allied with Casino, NSW’s Primex Field Days to promote the growth of the Australian agriculture sector. Australian Made Chief Executive, Ben Lazzaro, said: “The demand for quality Australian Made agricultural machinery and clean green produce is continuing to grow, and Primex Field Days allows exhibitors and attendees to participate in…
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Our internet connections have never been more important to us, nor have they been under such strain. As the COVID-19 pandemic has made remote working, remote socialisation, and online entertainment the norm, we have seen an unprecedented spike in society’s demand for data.
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An Australian company estimates there’s $600 in valuable material sitting unused in every tonne of winery waste. Brent Balinski spoke to Professor Enzo Palombo about what’s trapped in there, and how to get it out.
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Comment by Peter Roberts It was business as usual for the federal coalition last week as its denial of climate change and determination to burn fossil fuels – no matter the consequences – were on show. In a series of actions the government stated clearly that it was not its policy to decarbonise the economy…
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China export specialist Jatenergy has had its first batch of Australian plant-based meat products delivered to restaurants and food outlets in Shanghai. The products were developed and tested by Jat’s joint venture with Oppenheimer Pty Ltd, which has secured all regulatory requirements including licenses and permits to import. The products include 600 kgs of Jat…
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Rare earths producer Lynas Corp has admitted publicly to issues that have arisen with our US ally over the company’s Malaysian processing plant. The Perth company, the biggest supplier of the critical minerals outside China, mines rare earths at Mt Weld in Western Australia and operates a controversial processing plant in Malaysia. The plant has…
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Food machinery manufacturer, Foodmach has been tasked with building another four mask production machines for Victorian producer, Med-Con, bringing the total to seven. The seven machines will increase Med-Con’s annual production of the protective masks from two million to 160 million a year, with delivery of the first 60 million to the Federal Government by…
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Given Australia’s advanced society many were surprised, disbelieving even, when the latest Harvard Atlas of Economic Complexity rated us low on the complexity scale. Japan, Switzerland, and South Korea sit at the top of the ranking. Czech Republic ranked 6th in the world while the US slipped out of the top 10 into 12th position.…
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Tony Evans has been publishing a series of articles on social media on ‘worker friendly’ reforms to Australia’s tax system. Here he proposes a return to public and private sector co-investment, and a fresh approach to SME financing for retooling and growth. Despite the devaluation of the Australian dollar over the past nine years the…
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Quantum technology is set to transform electronics, communications, computation, sensing and other fields. In the process it can create new markets, new applications and new jobs in Australia.
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