The Prime Minister has echoed his predecessor’s push to better commercialise Australian science, but says an important difference is the new government’s plan is accompanied with a commitment to...
Advanced Manufacturing
Posted on
| by Brandon How
Mineral exploration expenditure reached the second highest on record in financial year 2021-22, buoyed by record spends on the search for essential materials in the production of electronics and...
Posted on
| by Brandon How
The South Australian government has announced that the first shipment of Adelaide produced hydrogen would depart for the ‘Steel City’ of Whyalla this week as the first of what...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
More of the Australian critical and rare earth minerals underpinning the global energy transition should be processed onshore, the Prime Minister says, acknowledging a national opportunity of resource extraction...
Posted on
| by Brandon How
The Commonwealth government has yet to produce modelling on the cost of developing a battery cell manufacturing industry in Australia, but remains committed to its election commitment to produce...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
A year after Australian manufacturers applied for large COVID-19 recovery grants worth $800 million, the official go-ahead has been given, with an internal review clearing all the previous government’s...
Posted on
| by James Riley
With a review now complete, Industry minister Ed Husic has now approved all grants made by the former Morrison government under its Modern Manufacturing Initiative on the eve of...
Posted on
| by Brandon How
The Victorian government will make $10 million available to the local defence supply chain to help them win contracts with South Korean giant Hanwha Defense Australia. The funding will...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
Seventeen representatives from Australia’s heavy industries gathered in Canberra on Tuesday to discuss jobs and skills issues ahead of next week’s national summit. Those in the room reported a...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
The Labor government review of its predecessor’s $1.3 billion manufacturing grants program has put “tens of thousands of jobs at risk” and undermined business certainty, deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
Industry minister Ed Husic says there will be no “rash decisions” as he considers an internal review of the previous government’s flagship manufacturing program which could jeopardise grant commitments...
Posted on
| by James Riley
The highly anticipated Advanced Manufacturing skills roundtable hosted by Industry minister Ed Husic attracted 22 leaders from business, industry growth centres, Cooperative Research Centres and the union movement. The...
Posted on
| by Brandon How
Defence deputy secretary Peter Tesch is Australia’s principal for the AUKUS Trilateral Joint Steering Group on advanced capabilities. Mr Tesch was appointed deputy secretary of the Department of Defence...
Posted on
| by Joseph Brookes
The chair of electric vehicle giant Tesla, Robyn Denholm, says the batteries in her company’s popular cars represent the biggest economic opportunity for the nation in 100 years, calling...