Tag: Queensland

Qld to push procurement for small local suppliers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Queensland government will review its procurement policy and establish more pathways for small local firms and innovative suppliers through a $100 million small and family business push outlined...

Qld secures $200m hydrogen export tech facility

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Japan’s largest oil company ENEOS will build a $200 million hydrogen export technology demonstration plant in Queensland capable of producing up to 680kg of green hydrogen per day. Queensland’s...

Gig Guide: Qld gets a Customer Service minister

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Queensland’s new Premier David Crisafulli has appointed a new Minister for Customer Services and Open Data after scrapping the former government’s Digital Services portfolio. Steve Minnikin was sworn in as...

Queensland sharpens focus on quantum and net zero

Posted on   |  by Professor Kerrie Wilson
The Guinness World Record for the longest-running laboratory experiment is a title still held by the University of Queensland for its Pitch Drop experiment. It began in 1927 with...

‘Standard gauge’ for digital licences passes key road-test

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia has edged closer to cross-border acceptance of digital driver’s licences after a prototype verification platform designed to bring common standards into effect was successfully road-tested with users. The...

Biomanufacturer Cauldron Ferm secures Qld govt funding

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Orange-based biomanufacturer Cauldron Ferm has landed Queensland government support to develop the first precision fermentation contract manufacturing facility in the Asia-Pacific. The automated facility, which will be built in...

Queensland dishes out $53m in quantum grants

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Queensland government has delivered a $53 million boost to quantum research and commercialisation in support of PsiQuantum’s endeavor to build the world’s first fault-tolerant, error-corrected quantum computer. Seven...

Qld turns on innovation funding tap ahead of election

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Grants of up to $25 million for capital works in South East Queensland are now on offer under a push to grow the innovation ecosystem in and around Brisbane....

$14m boost for sustainable aviation fuel project

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal and Queensland governments have tipped in $14 million to support development of Jet Zero Australia’s sustainable aviation fuel facility, a priority sector under the Future Made in...