By Denham Sadler The crackdown on research and development tax incentive claims has eased, with a more collaborative and fair approach to audits adopted and a number of recent successful appeals, according to specialist RDTI advisor Damian Smyth. The ATO and AusIndustry’s “aggressive” approach to R&D tax incentive (RDTI) audits and compliance checks in recent…
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Biotechnology giant CSL has joined with the University of Queensland to develop and manufacture a Covid-19 vaccine candidate.
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The Finnish Defence Force has almost doubled its order of bullet-proof armour manufactured in South Australia following significant external validation.
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Tritium has closed a $45 million debt private placement by Cigna Investments, which will fund further expansion and refinance a Export Finance Australia trade finance facility.
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BAE Systems subsidiary ASC Shipbuilding today signed a contract with BlueScope Steel AIS for the supply of steel for the prototyping phase of the Hunter class frigate construction programme. Under the $2.6 million contract, BlueScope will deliver more than 1,500 tonnes of steel plate to ASC Shipbuilding’s Osborne shipyard (pictured) in Adelaide. This is the…
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Leigh Creek Energy has responded to federal government policy changes and widened the scope of its investigations into developing the Leigh Creek coalfield in South Australia to include the production of hydrogen. The company has demonstrated in a pilot plant (pictured) the potential for in situ gasification (ISG) of coal, formerly used to generate electricity,…
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New Zealand has revealed a programme which makes apprenticeships in construction, manufacturing and electrical engineering free for the next two and a half years. Radio New Zealand reported the decision was taken by Cabinet and announced by the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. She told RNZ: “Supporting New Zealanders who lose their job because of the…
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The first sod has been turned at the new $12.5 million Submarine Rescue Facility, to be built by listed heavy engineering company Civmec at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, Western Australia.
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Listed pool, spa and water filtration business Waterco has acquired Automated Pool Products.
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Researchers from CSIRO have made it possible to 3D print tailor-made aortic stents, an implantable biomedical device used to treat narrow or blocked arteries. The development in partnership with Wollongong-based Medical Innovation Hub is a paradigm shift in the production of self-expanding metallic nitinol stents for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), which afflicts more than 10…
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