Executive shake up at Treasury Wine Estates Treasury Wine Estates has appointed Stuart Boxer to a newly created role as chief of strategy and corporate development to drive its new direction for the group. The company, which is considering splitting its Penfolds luxury brand from its commercial ranges, recently parted ways with its COO, Robert…
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Australian “Agriculture 4.0” company company The Yield Technology Solutions has received further backing this week, with the investment round including Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley and the Bosch Group.
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US President Donald Trump has sparked a diplomatic row with Australia after he threatened to end offshore manufacturing of parts for the F-35 Lightning joint strike fighter (JSF). Speaking to Fox news he described overseas purchases for the jet as ‘crazy’. Fifty Australian suppliers, and hundreds if not thousands of jobs, are in the direct…
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The NSW Circular Economy Innovation Network has announced Lisa McLean as its inaugural CEO, a little over a year after holding its first stakeholder meeting.
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BlueScope Steel’s Australian and international operations have been hit by a cyber attack, the company confirmed today. Its US North Star and New Zealand businesses are continuing largely unaffected with only minor disruptions. However manufacturing and sales operations in Australia have been disrupted with some manufacturing processes paused. Local steel despatches are continuing using some…
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A report by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER),
School-to-work pathways, outlines the transitions young people aged 16-25 make between school and employment.
Perth heavy engineering firm Civmec has won a major new contract with miner Rio Tinto to further develop Rio’s Mesa A iron ore operations hub in the Robe Valley of Western Australia. Rio is developing three new mines and supporting infrastructure for existing operations at Mesa A and Mesa J mine sties under its Robe…
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A round of Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority grants to seven companies and totalling $2.4 million was announced on Friday.
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Australia’s only manufacturer of high performance quenched and tempered plate steel products, Bisalloy Steels, is celebrating its 40th year in business with a concerned international push. The Unanderra, NSW company has built on the competitiveness of local steel manufacturing with a distribution push in South East Asia, the UAE and South Africa and an expanding…
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Gilmour Space Technologies and Defence Science and Technology have announced an agreement to work together, with this potentially leading to dozens of new jobs this year.
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