The Prime Minister and the Industry Minister are sitting on an estimated $456 million in manufacturing grant announcements in the lead up to the May election, with Labor raising...
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The latest grant under the Modern Manufacturing Initiative is worth $23 million and will support the production of precision medicine and theranostics in Australia. The MMI collaboration stream grant...
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The $1 billion increase to the government’s manufacturing strategy will mostly go to regional Australia, with $700m reserved for regional manufacturing and supply chain projects, and $328 million to...
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The federal government has announced a $1.25 billion loan for the development of Australia’s first integrated rare earth metals refinery in Western Australia. The loan will support the construction...
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If covid-19 has taught us anything it is that Australia needs to be more self sufficient in what we manufacture onshore and depend less on globalised supply chains that...
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The Morrison government has awarded $601 million in manufacturing grants in the last month alone, twice as much as it awarded in the preceding year and a half. Labor...
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Outgoing Senator Kim Carr was praised by both sides of politics on Wednesday afternoon as a champion of Australian innovation, a portfolio “powerhouse” and a fiery debater. With a...
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Fortescue Future Industries has signed a memorandum of understanding with a European utility company to distribute its green hydrogen to the continent. Working with German utility company E.ON, Fortescue...
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The Industry Growth Centres did not receive a budget lifeline on Tuesday, confirming the end of government support for the long running program which has had its remaining budget...
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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....
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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...