Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay commit to defence industry Moreton Bay region industry representatives have signed up to an agreement on sovereign defence priorities. An industry-led communique was signed at a Sunshine Coast event last month, led by representatives from Regional Development Australia Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast (RDAMBSC), Australian Industry and Defence Network, Manufacturing Excellence…
When Ayrton Sue first stepped into a beach buggy manufacturing facility in Malaga as a teenager, sweeping floors and helping out on weekends, he couldn’t have known he was laying the foundation for a revolutionary approach to Australian manufacturing. Today, as the founder of Element Engineering, he’s challenging the notion that high-end manufacturing belongs overseas.…
The Western Australian government has allocated $45 million in venture capital funding to supercharge local start-ups. Seven venture capital firms have been selected following a Request for Proposal, and will be supported to invest through the state government’s WA Venture Capital initiative (WAVC). The partnership will see the chosen firms invest a total of $150…
CSIRO solar cell printing facility unveiled Solar cells that can be printed onto flexible film have been made possible through a new CSIRO Printed Photovoltaics Facility that uses roll-to-roll printing technology to produce high quality cells at large scale. The new $6.8 million pilot facility is being funded by CSIRO and the Australian Renewable Energy…
Next week we’re happy to be discussing a topic that’s sort of new but really isn’t, and has become sort of unavoidable. Nearly two years ago ChatGPT 3 burst into our lives and they haven’t been the same since. Generative artificial intelligence has moved into more and more places and there are some real ways…
Provaris Energy seeks swift restart to compressed hydrogen tank construction Australian green hydrogen developer Provaris Energy is working with secured lenders to have construction resume of its proprietary compressed hydrogen transport tank for the company’s proposed H2Neo carrier vessel. Earlier this month the company revealed the bankruptcy of Norwegian-based Prodtex Industri AS which operates the…
Glove and protective clothing manufacturer Ansell is to expand globally with the purchase of Kimberly-Clark’s Personal Protective Equipment business (KCPPE) for $420.5 million (US$640 million) in cash. KCPPE designs and markets hand, body and eye protection products under the Kimtech and KleenGuard brands to customers scientific and industrial markets – its presence in scientific markets…
Needle-free vaccine delivery company Vaxxas has announced it was awarded $5.4 million from charitable foundation Wellcome for initial studies and a Phase I clinical trial of a potential second-generation typhoid vaccine delivered using Vaxxas’ technology. In a statement on Thursday, the Brisbane-based clinical-stage company said the project is expected to be completed within two years,…
Conroy to visit US and India The Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy will travel to the United States and India this week. In the United States he will hold high-level talks with representatives from the US Administration and Congress to advance the implementation of the pathway…
Yesterday in our series – Celebrating Australian sovereign capability – Lance Worrall argued that sovereign capability is about a nation making things it needs, and policy with purpose. Today he identifies Australia’s priority sovereign capability sectors, and reveals where we are falling short. Over 30 years Australia overdosed on neoliberalism. The patient’s disorders include deindustrialisation…
