A dearth of scaleup funding and workforce constraints are stifling Australia’s budding quantum sector, according to local deep tech founders, who say more venture capital and government support is...
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The federal government has set ambitious production and export targets for green hydrogen to drive the delivery of a $225 billion project pipeline mostly stuck at the feasibility and...
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Adelaide startup QuantX Labs will supply Defence with $2.7 million worth of atomic clocks in the first sale of its latest precision timing and sensing breakthrough and the company’s...
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A government scheme to enable hydrogen producers to prove their products are made with renewables and low-emissions processes is now a step closer after legislation landed in parliament on...
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Australian aerospace startup Hypersonix Launch Systems will launch and return hypersonic vehicles from a new suborbital flight test service to be set up at Southern Launch spaceports as early...
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The Teal independents have backed the Future Made in Australia bill after the government adopted some of their proposed amendments to improve transparency and accountability for funding decisions. The...
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The Prime Minister’s point man on the Future Made in Australia agenda Senator Tim Ayres will deliver the opening keynote address to The Industry Papers’ Canberra forum at Old...
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PsiQuantum – the Silicon Valley startup that secured almost $1 billion from Australian governments – says it will need a lot more help to develop the world’s first useful...
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Australian solid rocket motor manufacturer Black Sky Industries has rebranded and launched test and manufacturing facilities in Queensland with backing from the co-founder of edtech unicorn Go1. The firm,...
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Construction on Australia’s first commercial-scale high purity alumina facility is underway, with first production expected in the second half of 2026. High purity alumina, which must consist of more...
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The acquisition of fast-growing Queensland mining sector startup Universal Field Robots by the Swedish engineering giant Sandvik is an overwhelming validation of Australian expertise in remote automation and robotics....
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A locally-manufactured prototype wave energy converter will be deployed off the coast of Western Australia later this month in a bid to demonstrate the ocean’s potential as a source...
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The federal government’s $1 billion program to build supply chain resilience in solar panel manufacturing has opened to applications amid a political storm over its economic merits. The first...
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The Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia agenda has opened a “backdoor” to union corruption and lacks the pace and detail of competing global efforts, business groups claimed on...