An audit that the Heath department attempted to obstruct and censor shows it went against legal advice and market intelligence to recommend the Morrison government single source $1 billion...
Advanced Manufacturing
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PsiQuantum, the Australian government-backed quantum computing startup, will miss its target to break ground on its Brisbane manufacturing and production facility in 2025, Senate Estimates has heard. Officials from...
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A Sydney-based company developing smart meters and virtual power plant software will receive a $100 million loan from the National Reconstruction Fund, in its first debt investment targeting renewable...
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Government regulation looms for manufacturers and service providers of smart devices like cars, sharebikes and air tags unless they strengthen safety features and consumer education to prevent technology-facilitated violence....
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Taiwan prosecutors say investigators have raided the homes of a former senior TSMC executive and seized computers after the company accused him of leaking trade secrets, something his current...
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An audit of the federal government’s controversial deal to bring Moderna to Melbourne to manufacture vaccines has been quietly delayed by four months, pushing its findings into the summer...
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Australis Scientific, a Sydney MedTech making wearable patches, has raised almost $10 million to accelerate trials and regulatory approval bids for devices that could help hundreds of millions of...
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has blocked a $672 million takeover bid for Aussie drug manufacturer Mayne Pharma from US-based Cosette Pharmaceuticals on national interest grounds. In a statement on Friday,...
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Australian battery maker Li-S Energy has secured $7.6 million in federal funding to support plans for a large-scale lithium-sulfur battery cell manufacturing facility in Victoria. The proposed facility would be...
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Patties Food Group has secured a $36 million loan from the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation to modernise its production facilities. The company is the producer of iconic Australian pie...
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Australian solar cell innovator SunDrive will use a $25.3 million grant from the federal government to more than triple the scale of its ultra-low-cost solar development facility in Sydney’s...
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US clean technology firms developing batteries, smart grids, green hydrogen and iron will meet with Albanese government ministers tomorrow in Sydney then tour industrial facilities to help decide on...
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The federal government’s $15 billion industry fund has made its biggest defence bet yet, approving a $150 million loan to Australia’s leading F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program supplier. The...
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Quantum Brilliance has opened Australia’s first commercial lab-grown diamond foundry in Melbourne, where the Canberra-born startup will produce synthetic diamonds for advanced quantum devices at scale. The new facility,...