Tag: Queensland

Townsville to host $75m critical minerals processing plant

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Townsville will host a new $75 million state-owned critical minerals processing demonstration plant after the Queensland government secured the land earlier this month. The demonstration plant is currently the...

Qld battery industry a $1.3bn opportunity by 2030

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Queensland’s battery industry could be worth $1.3 billion to the state’s economy in less than a decade, according to a new discussion paper commissioned to inform Queensland’s first Battery...

Critical minerals win $100m following record Qld surplus

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A new $100 million Critical Minerals Investment Fund will be established by the Queensland government following a record budget surplus. The fund will be managed by the Queensland Investment...

$280m mRNA vaccine research hub set up in Qld

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A $280 million mRNA vaccine research hub has been jointly set up by French biomedical company Sanofi, the Queensland state government, Griffith University, and the University of Queensland. The...

Blood BioTech Aegros to build $352m manufacturing hub in Qld

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A $352 million manufacturing facility for therapeutic plasma products will be established in Queensland by local biopharmaceuticals company Aegros, which will also base its global headquarters in the state....

Fifth Queensland Chief Entrepreneur appointed

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Regional businesswoman and Order of Australia recipient Julia Spicer has been named Queensland’s new Chief Entrepreneur, replacing incumbent chief Wayne Gerard in the voluntary role. Ms Spicer, who is...

Bronwyn Harch named interim Qld chief scientist

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Renowned statistician and data scientist Professor Bronwyn Harch has been appointed interim Queensland Chief Scientist while the state government searches for a permanent replacement. Professor Harch assumed the top...

Qld rewrites manufacturing roadmap to cater for renewables

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Queensland government has updated its ten-year Advanced Manufacturing Roadmap to take into account the state’s ambitious renewable energy targets. Queensland Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing Glenn Butcher...

Qld commits $4bn to ten year green energy roll-out

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Queensland government will spend $4 billion on support for energy transition and renewable infrastructure as part of a new ten-year energy and jobs plan that includes the world’s...
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