Tag: manufacturing

Interview: Christian Porter on the industry portfolio

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry, Science and Technology minister Christian Porter has mapped a layered set of priorities for Australia’s manufacturing-led recovery that preserves existing jobs, plugs supply-chain and capability gaps, and keeps...

$800m MMI grants program open to rorts: Labor

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor industry spokesman Ed Husic has written to Scott Morrison urging him to commit to following the advice of the department in disbursing an $800 million manufacturing grant program,...

PM to get final say on $800m manufacturing grants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The guidelines for the collaboration stream of the federal government’s flagship manufacturing program have been released, with grants of up to $200 million for large “transformation” projects to be...

Can manufacturing escape the new Covid strains?

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Sitting in my hotel room in Melbourne I am beginning to feel anxious at being away from home with the onset of a Sydney lockdown that bodes ill for...

Qld govt commits $20m to vaccine manufacturer

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A new vaccine manufacturing facility could be built in Brisbane next year after the Queensland government committed to investing up to $20 million into a “bench to bedside” medical...

McKinsey gets another $2m for mRNA vaccine help

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has awarded McKinsey another $2 million contract to assist with its efforts to establish an onshore mRNA vaccine manufacturing capability, after the consulting giant developed a...

MedTech and pharma grants open in WA

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Western Australian developers and manufacturers can now apply for up to $100,000 in matched government funding for medical technology and pharmaceutical manufacturing projects. The funding comes from a new...

Govt to fund local mRNA vaccine manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has said it will develop an onshore mRNA vaccine manufacturing capability in Australia, but the actual amount of funding allocated to the significant task has been...

Deloitte delivers supply chain resilience reports to govt

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Deloitte has delivered a series of reports to the federal government on supply chain resilience, as money continues to pour into manufacturing and building Australia’s sovereign capability. As part...
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