Until Australia can articulate a vision for “where we want to be” in terms of building a domestic robotics industry, “we’re never going to get there,” according to the...
Advanced Manufacturing
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A multi-million dollar green hydrogen development in Western Australia has been canned despite receiving support from the federal and state governments. Canadian conglomerate ATCO will no longer go ahead...
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An update of Australia’s critical minerals list is underway with the release of a consultation paper by Resources minister Madeleine King on Thursday. The Australian government’s list currently includes...
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Robots will be needed to fill manufacturing jobs as the ageing population expands and younger Australians choose alternative career paths, according to the Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing Hub and...
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Sydney-based AgTech startup LLEAF on Monday opened its first solar laboratory in Sydney to expand its product offerings, capping an 18 month period that included government backing, its first...
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Silicon Quantum Computing has raised $50 million in a Series A round that it says underscores a growing confidence in both the company and wider quantum computing sector, despite...
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Foreign-owned companies selling to Defence should have mandatory requirements to work with local industry partners, according to the Australian Industry and Defence Network. The Australian Industry and Defence Network...
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NSW Premier Chris Minns and federal Manufacturing minister Tim Ayres will bring together more than 100 representatives from the rail manufacturing supply chain in Penrith on Monday morning as...
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Australian battery industry stakeholders have rejected the Productivity Commission’s doubts on the effectiveness of industry support, with one innovation expert describing it’s claims as “tiresomely predictable”. Released on Thursday,...
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Australia could become an Asia-Pacific hub for the manufacture of cell and gene therapy products due to the country’s research, clinical trial, and advanced hospital system strengths, according to a...
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On Thursday the Productivity Commission released its annual Trade and Assistance Review. In it, the Commission suggests the federal government’s ambitious plans for a domestic battery manufacturing industry would...
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Australia is unlikely to have a comparative advantage in exporting locally made batteries according to the Productivity Commission’s latest report, as it warns against adopting the “old-school protectionism” growing...
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The Western Australian government has awarded grants worth $43 million for technology advanced manufacturing projects through its Investment Attraction Fund, a part of an ambitious drive to diversify the...
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The federal government has launched a $60 million grant program to support recycling technology innovation and advanced recycling techniques targeting hard-to-recycle plastics. The plastics technology stream of the Recycling...