A Labor-controlled parliamentary committee has recommended that a National Advanced Manufacturing Commissioner be appointed to promote ‘sovereign, smart, sustainable’ domestic manufacturing. The national role would facilitate nationwide advanced manufacturing...
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The federal government has declared the National Reconstruction Fund open for business, officially delivering the NRF Corporation its investment mandate – the investment framework that will guide decisions and...
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Defence Industry minister Pat Conroy has dismissed concerns surrounding proposed reforms to the Defence Control Act, describing the changes as “a huge opportunity for Australian Industry”. The proposed Defence...
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Australia will “advance mutually beneficial cooperation” with Indonesia on the electric vehicle supply chain, including in battery manufacturing and critical minerals processing to lessen the current reliance on China....
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Australia’s MedTech and Pharmaceutical industry growth centre MTPConnect is warning antimicrobial resistant ‘superbugs’ could cause 10,000 deaths annually by 2050 if immediate action to correct a research and development...
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The CSIRO on Tuesday revealed details on its new accelerator program for late-stage startups and small to medium-sized enterprises with innovative circular economy technologies. The national science agency is running...
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Australia on Friday joined Indo-Pacific Economic Framework partners in endorsing the acceleration of research and commercialisation of clean energy and climate technologies, as other agreements on regional trade stalled....
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Global energy giant BP has been awarded $70 million through the federal Regional Hydrogen Hubs program for its H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub in Western Australia delivering on a commitment made...
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The Albanese government has committed to adopting a nationally coordinated approach to rail procurement, including local content, after the sector warned disjointed state policies had cost governments billions. On...
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The world’s first hydrogen act has passed through both houses of the South Australian parliament as the government found crossbench support to push the bill past a Greens and...
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Sydney startup Refilled on Thursday announced it has raised $1.3 million in seed funding from impact investors to start manufacturing its BYO-bottle drinks machines in western Sydney. The company...
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More direction is needed from Defence departments on the way forward with the advanced technologies component of AUKUS, according to a handful of Australian and American firms working in...
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Earlier this year, I launched a white paper, Micro-Partnerships in the Age of AUKUS, at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Maryland in the United States as part of the Team...
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Melbourne-based C2 Robotics has successfully demonstrated the capabilities of its Speartooth Large Uncrewed Underwater Vessel at a two-week Department of Defence demonstration exercise, which featured participation from Australian and...