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Andrews’ promotion is a manufacturing loss

For a long time, manufacturing lacked an industry minister with a lock on the job, there for the long term and with the necessary, hard-won credibility it takes to...

Albo’s $15b fund to build sovereign capability

30 March 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has unveiled plans for a $15 billion fund to support Australia’s manufacturing sector, promising to partner with the private sector – including superannuation funds –...

Wearables maker gets a Qld govt boost

18 March 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Brisbane-based MedTech manufacturer WearOptimo, which is backed by the Australian National University (ANU), will produce devices in Australia after getting support from the Queensland government. The company makes small...

Qld taskforce to drive hydrogen export capability

12 March 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

The Queensland government has established a panel of experts to assess and help guide the state’s sustainable hydrogen supply chain with an eye to building export capability no later...

$30m in commercial grants for manufacturing

12 March 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Grants of up to $1 million are now available for Australian manufacturers looking to commercialise new manufacturing products and processes, through a new $30 million fund. Industry Minister Karen...

Boeing’s first test for Loyal Wingman drone

2 March 2021 | by Peter Roberts

Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force have announced a successfully completed first test flight for the Boeing Loyal Wingman autonomous plane, the first military aircraft to be designed and manufactured in...

Manufacturing is a capability, not a sector

24 February 2021 | by Jens Goennemann

The assertion by The Australian newspaper for it to be ‘too late to save manufacturing’ is grounded in a lack of understanding. First, in what is manufacturing. Second, in...

NSW takes lead in electric bus transformation

22 February 2021 | by Peter Roberts

Australia has made good progress decarbonising the electricity market, but one of the most glaring of omissions in Australia’s national climate stance remains our tardiness on taking action in...

No women in manufacturing? Think again

10 February 2021 | by Daen Simmat

Many women are deterred from participation in some of Australia’s most thriving and essential businesses, particularly in male-dominated industries such as manufacturing. This is due to organisations struggling to...

Applied EV unveils first electric vehicle platform

8 February 2021 | by Peter Roberts

An autonomous electric vehicle platform developed in the Bayswater North industrial area of Melbourne has surfaced with the release of new pictures and video. After a $7.7 million, four-year...

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