The world’s biggest source of critical minerals outside China, Lynas Rare Earths, has secured further backing in Japan to develop its Mt Weld rare earths resource in Western Australia. Lynas has announced an agreement with Japan Australia Rare Earths B.V. which will provide US$9 million through a subscription to Lynas shares to help fund an…
Industry and science minister Ed Husic has tasked his department to determine how existing government programs can be reformed to support greater diversity in Australia’s science and technology sectors. The review is also aimed to reinforce the government’s commitment to supporting pathways for women and girls into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The commitment…
Saber Astronautics which is a key part of future Australian space missions including a role in NASA’s Moon to Mars project, has won US funding to improve its space operations capabilities. The company, which operates the Responsive Space Operations Centre (RSOC) in Adelaide and a Space R&D laboratory in Sydney, has won a $540,000 award…
By Peter Roberts A lot of things are being reassessed with the demise of the Morrison government in Canberra not least of which is the Coalition’s funding of carbon capture and storage projects. This is for very good reason, as is suggested by a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis…
This week @AuManufacturing experts look forward from the Jobs and Skills Summit. Here leading policy analyst Dr John Howard looks at Australia’s fragmented science, technology and innovation policies and maps out way for these to be integrated and co-ordinated with a robust industry development policy. Management textbooks and business self-help books tell us that strategy…
Local and global leaders in Australia’s quantum industry have come together with the Tech Council of Australia to launch a new group called the Australian Quantum Alliance (AQA) which builds on our decades-long investment in quantum technology R&D and business development. The AQA will be the voice of the quantum industry in Australia, according to…
The Victorian government is lauding the success of its manufacturing support activities in a spate of manufacturing expansions in Melbourne’s outer north. Major companies expanding their operations include aerospace composites maker Quickstep Holdings, pillows and quilts manufacturer John Cotton Australia and dairy producer Picnic Dairy Foods. John Cotton manufactured bedding brands Tontine (pictured), Gainsborough and…
Defence industry minister Pat Conroy has said that opportunities for Australian SMEs to supply products and components into the United States and UK militaries will begin to open up in 2023. Speaking at the Hunter Defence Conference gala dinner he said the opportunities would reflect the industrial intention behind the agreement between the three nations.…
This week @AuManufacturing will feature a series of experts responding and looking forward from the Jobs and Skills Summit. Here leading innovation and manufacturing academic, Professor John Spoehr, gives his perspective. It was dubbed the hottest ticket in town – I was one of around 140 people to get one and enthusiastically attended last week’s…
@AuManufacturing has partnered with the upcoming Modern Manufacturing Expo in Sydney in September which will showcase How Robotics and AI Can Turn Supply Chains Into ‘Value Chains’. Here we talk with Michael Kemeny of KNAPP Australia. In a crowded global market manufacturers are always on the lookout for technologies that will give them an ‘edge’…