The Victorian government has released its Made in Victoria 2030: Manufacturing Statement policy, which outlines its priorities for strengthening sovereign manufacturing, investment attraction, and jobs. In an announcement on Wednesday, the government cited recent investments in the state by multinationals including: Moderna’s investment in mRNA vaccine manufacturing and research; Nissan Casting’s expansion into electric vehicle…
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra High and rising power prices will become a bigger part of Australia’s inflation problem over time, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned, as he foreshadowed more government action to combat high gas prices. Ahead of leaving for the United States on Tuesday night, Chalmers also said he would use the…
Next in @AuManufacturing’s special editorial series, Land Forces 2022, we include an interview with SPEE3D’s Steve Camilleri, recorded during last week’s Land Forces expo in Brisbane. SPEE3D did not set out to work with defence, a market that now makes up about half of the Australian technology company’s business, according to co-founder and CTO Steve…
Today in our special editorial series Land Forces 2022, we look at additive manufacturing technology and how it is set to bring manufacturing to the front. Here Peter Roberts profiles metal 3D printer manufacturer, SPEE3D. For electrical engineer Steven Camilleri, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of metal 3D printer manufacturer SPEE3D, the times are right…
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas is in Japan where he has signed green hydrogen co-operation agreements with a number of major companies to accelerate hydrogen export projects in the state. Following a series of high-level meetings in Tokyo on Monday, Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Marubeni, and Australia’s Santos and H2U have signed…
Wellnex Life gets access to medicinal cannabis market Health and wellness product company Wellnex Life has gained access to the medicinal cannabis market, with its joint venture partner OneLife Botanicals acquiring medicinal cannabis producer MediPharm Australia. Wellnex hopes to enter the market by the end of 2022 and be one of the first to market…
Australia’s potential for cheap renewable power gives us a chance to become a battery manufacturing power, but we won’t on current policy settings. Here Phil Toner and Roy Green review the inaction of the past few years and argue Australia cannot afford to miss this opportunity. By Phil Toner & Roy Green* Is it too…
Today @AuManufacturing’s special editorial series Land Forces 2022 turns to the AUKUS agreement and the new focus on collaboration it has spawned. Here, Michael McLean explains how a grass roots industry board that he chairs, is bringing together leading industry advisors and management consultants from New Zealand, UK and USA to collaborate and support AUKUS.…
Dutch headquartered Ebusco launched both a right-hand drive version of its 2.2 model and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Melbourne on Friday, and again raised the possibility that it will set up assembly operations in Australia. The 2.0 model is a battery electric bus made in 12.5-metre and 18-metre variants, with a range of 450 kilometres.…
By Peter Roberts Moves by Australia’s largest carbon emitter AGL to accelerate the closure of coal fired power stations and achieve net zero emissions by 2035 demand a bold industry building response from the Albanese government. Propelled by major shareholder Mike Cannon-Brookes, AGL plans to close its giant Bayswater power station by 2033 and its…
