Quantum technology, mRNA vaccines and aerospace manufacturing are among 13 joint research projects to share in $32 million in co-investments through the federal government’s Cooperative Research Centre Projects initiative....
Advanced Manufacturing
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A multi-billion-dollar deal between the Commonwealth, Victorian government and Moderna has been inked, with an mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility to be up and running by 2024. After signing an...
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The newly elected Labor government in South Australia will push forward with plans for a $593 million hydrogen hub, while the Queensland government announced plans to invest in a...
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CSIRO has launched a roadmap to capitalise on the rapidly growing demand for protein-based food products and highlights several protein products that present huge opportunities for Australia. In particular,...
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The government’s recycling development fund will receive a $60 million boost in the federal budget, with the national science agency to also launch a plastics recycling research program. As...
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New research from the Australian National University lays out the capabilities needed if Australia is to adopt a zero-carbon export model. Calculations in the study found that in the...
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With the launch of the first Artemis lunar mission fast approaching, Swinburne University has started looking at what technology is best suited to recycling the ‘junk’ already in space,...
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Ahh the good old days – the days when the Coalition was dead against ‘picking winners’. Remember them? It is hard to believe that only a decade ago, any...
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Wollongong University spin-out Hysata has published research related to its hydrogen electrolyser technology that it claims provides a clear path to enabling hydrogen production costs of “well-below” $2 per...
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More than $450 million in funding for Australia’s critical minerals industry has been unveiled by the federal government in an effort to reduce reliance on China, including $240 million...
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During his visit to Western Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that the state would receive $4.3 billion for a naval precinct upgrade. WA will get its first large-vessel...
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BlueScope Steel has been awarded $55 million from the federal government’s flagship manufacturing grant program to part-fund the redevelopment of its advanced manufacturing precinct near Wollongong. The precinct includes...
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Coal miner Idemitsu Australia has announced plans to invest in lithium mining, leveraging the experience its Japan-based parent company Idemitsu Kosan in renewable energy technologies. The company is eyeing...
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German-Australian manufacturer of quantum computing hardware, Quantum Brilliance has announced it is to be the commercialisation partner in a $17.5 million research project funded by the German government to...