Manufacturing is about quality and robots – not cheap wages

Following the launch of a new campaign by the Manufacturing Industry Skills Alliance aiming to “challenge outdated stereotypes” attached to manufacturing, Professor Beth Webster and Dr Alexander Gosling focus on some common misconceptions about what drives competitiveness in the industry.  It is a myth that manufacturing can only thrive in low wage environments.  Much publicly-aired…

Defence cancels Satellite Communications System

The federal government has unexpectedly axed what was an iconic project to deliver an Australian Defence Satellite Communications System that would provide the ADF with a sovereign military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) system. Project JP9102 was to have been delivered by prime contractor Lockheed Martin Australia, with the company bringing in a growing number of local…