Defence industry minister Pat Conroy says he is confident Germany’s decision to walk away from a Ghost Bat deal does not mean the Australian-made military drone is out of...
Advanced Manufacturing
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Australia’s renewable energy agency is investing $31.1 million into robotics manufacturing facilities to speed up solar farm construction using technology already that works under Australian conditions. Luminous Robotics Australia...
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The Victorian Coalition has unveiled a $222 million plan for ten technical colleges that would be modelled on a South Australian vocational training program if elected in November. Victorian...
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Ask Ken Morrison what makes a successful innovation precinct and he’ll tell you it’s not the companies, the researchers or the translational institutions on their own. It’s all three,...
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The Sydney deep tech startup backed by Labor’s industry fund and former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull will open its first US manufacturing operation in the engineering and heavy industry...
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A local battery manufacturer is warning that the “small window” for Australia to become a key player in a $17 billion industry could soon close as rivals in the...
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The federal government has issued a call out for developers of an advanced manufacturing facility in the Hunter Valley that can build high-speed rail components using robotics and precision...
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When we talk about innovation in Australia, we often focus on individual breakthroughs: a discovery, a startup, a research grant or a new facility. But enduring economic value rarely...
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Green hydrogen electrolyser maker Hysata has secured up to $49 million in funding from the Future Made in Australian Innovation Fund to scale up its manufacturing line on the...
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Queensland has become home to an Australian-first CSIRO facility for packaging and testing photonic chips, a key building block for advanced sensors and quantum computing systems. The Queensland Advanced...
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Australia’s green energy bank has committed $26 million to Element Zero, marking its first investment under the green metals strand of a signature Albanese government innovation fund. The matched...
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Western Australia’s government has kicked off a raft of green energy manufacturing projects worth over $4 million as part of ongoing efforts to slash the state’s reliance on international...
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Australian startup and quantum pioneer Diraq has declared its ambitions in the race for utility-scale quantum computing, setting sights on 2 million physical qubits on a single silicon chip...
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A new Defence Industry Growth Facility will replace Australia’s underutilised US$3 billion defence export fund, extending financing to sovereign defence capabilities for the first time. Defence Industry minister Pat...