After an eight month operation led by the Victorian Environment Protection Authority, the last truckload of contaminated glass waste from Glass Recovery Services (GRS) has been removed from a site in Melbourne for recycling. Here, Aristos Karavias of waste to resources business Repurpose It takes up the story. According to the Environment Protection Authority (EPA)…
Electric delivery vehicle developer ACE-EV has been given a $5 million boost in the federal budget and will move to initial production of its three models of small vehicles in Adelaide. The company, which launched its first locally-assembled vehicle with fanfare in August, received the grant from the Future Fuels Fund administered by the Australian…
The Australian Made Campaign Ltd (AMCL) has launched a new ‘Buy Australian Now and support Aussie jobs’ campaign as use of the green and gold Australian Made logo spreads. An extension of its ‘It’s never been more important to Buy Australian than right now’ initiative launched in June, the campaign encourages Australians to exercise their…
Infinite Blue Energy has partnered with Petrofac for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of its $350 million Arrowsmith Hydrogen Project to be constructed north of Perth, according to reports. Petrofac, an international energy services firm, will progress the Arrowsmith project to support a final investment decision in early 2021. Destined to become Australia’s largest…
Highly controversial reforms to the research and development tax incentive have been officially scrapped in a “huge win” for the tech sector, with the federal government backing down from its plan to cut $1.8 billion from the scheme.
Budget analysis by Peter Roberts The 2020-21 federal budget has been packaged and sold as many things, from one for jobs, to a reset for manufacturing. There are certainly a multitude of initiatives, but this is certainly not a budget that will ‘galvanise investment in Australian manufacturing’ to quote industry minister Karen Andrews. The problem…
Leading industry groups and universities have called on the federal government to make a targeted effort to address Australia’s commercialisation woes in this week’s federal budget, with new funds and an R&D collaboration premium.
Brent Balinski gathers some reactions to last week’s industry policy announcement, and to the notion of picking winners.
Medical device developer Epi-Minder has successfully completed an $18 million Series A funding round. The company is commercialising its implanted Minder electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring device for those suffering from epilepsy. Existing shareholders Cochlear, the Bionics Institute, Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne took part in the capital raising. Bionics Institute researchers and…
Lightweight portable X-Ray equipment manufacturer Micro-X has inked its first sales contract for its latest product, the Rover militarised X-Ray machine. The World Health Organisation has facilitated a $1.4 million buy of the Adelaide-made machines for delivery to Pacific Island nations, as part of the global fight against the Covid-19 virus. Originally developed under contract…
