From the boutique to the billion-dollar – it’s time to Celebrate Australian Made
Today we launch our second Celebrating Australian Made editorial series, running this week and next. By Brent Balinski.
Australia has rich deposits of critical minerals for green technology. But we are not making the most of them … yet
As the transition to clean energy accelerates, we will need huge quantities of critical minerals – the minerals needed to electrify transport, build batteries, manufacture solar panels, wind turbines, consumer electronics and defence technologies.
Australia could rapidly shift to clean transport – if we had a strategy. So we put this plan together
Shifting to clean transport is a win-win-win – we can slash emissions, cut costs to commuters and boost Australia’s fuel security in a very uncertain geopolitical time.
Politicians in high-vis say they love manufacturing. But if we want more Australian-made jobs, here’s what we need
Most politicians vocally support Australian-made products. Manufacturing certainly provides excellent opportunities for candidates in high-vis to make election campaign announcements.
Australian-first, $28 million biosolids plant opened at Loganholme
Logan City Council has opened an Australian-first biosolids treatment plant, which turns sewage into energy and biochar, a fertiliser it believes has strong commercial potential.
Wolves of Waterloo say Australian space success hinges on collaboration
In space, no one can do without a team, according to the members of a new Sydney incubator. By Brent Balinski.
China is gunning for supremacy in the global green hydrogen race. Will it shatter Australia’s dreams?
China is responsible for almost one-third of global emissions each year. It’s committed to becoming carbon neutral before 2060 – and producing green hydrogen is key to this plan. Australia is also pouring millions of dollars into green hydrogen technology. But China’s new plan could throw cold water on Australia’s dream of becoming a global hydrogen superpower.
Australian 5G semiconductor innovator launches
Semiconductor startup milliBeam has announced a $750,000 seed investment round, which it says will help it accelerate development of its technology to improve mmWave 5G communications and build its design team, ahead of establishing an R&D centre in Sydney.
Australia has committed $1.6 billion to help research projects become commercialised. Here’s what the money will do
By Rajat Roy, Bond University and Vik Naidoo, University of Sydney The federal government is investing $2.2 billion for university research commercialisation which would place “university innovation and industry collaboration front and centre of Australia’s economic recovery.” Part of this funding includes $1.6 billion over ten years for Australia’s Economic Accelerator – a new competitive…
Budget 2022: $9.9 billion towards cyber security aims to make Australia a key ‘offensive’ cyber player
By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University In the 2022 federal budget, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg launched a range of vote-winning initiatives – one of which included a breathtaking A$9.9 billion for cyber security over ten years. Bundled under the acronym REDSPICE (which stands for resilience, effects, defence, space, intelligence, cyber and enablers), the program is expected…