With the construction of one type of submarines cancelled, and a second being investigated but not yet ordered, Michael Slattery says defence industry is getting nervous about investing in a perhaps uncertain future. Here he looks at how we got to where we are today, and what might be. In the late 1950’s and early…
A new agrifood technology venture capitalist is on track to raise $50 million to back the development of novel food products as well as automation in growing and production. Mandalay Venture Partners has more than $21 million in commitments towards closing its first fund with motoring organisation NRMA and leading technology players among investors. Mandalay…
NeuRizer has executed an Infrastructure utilisation Licence Agreement with the South Australian government allowing the exclusive use of existing infrastructure at the site of the NeuRizer Urea Project (NRUP), at Leigh Creek in the north of the state. The agreement allows for significant efficiencies and cost savings by leveraging existing infrastructure on site, which once…
Boundary Power has been selected to deliver the power upgrade of the Broome North Wastewater Treatment Plant owned by the Western Australian Water Corporation. The company’s Kiosk Renewable Stand-Alone Power System (SAPS) will be incorporated into existing infrastructure to provide safe, reliable, off-grid solar and battery power. The system can deliver larger loads, with a…
A team led by Sydney biomedical engineer Dr Arnold Lining Ju (pictured) is developing a biomedical micro-device to detect subtle platelet changes in a drop of blood, predicting a a heart attack or stroke before it takes place. Using a pin-prick test, the micro-device would take a blood sample from a person’s finger to be…
Perth international shipbuilder Austal has announced signing of $300 million in new contracts as well as a big step forward for the company with the commencement of steel shipbuilding in the United States. CEO Paddy Gregg told investors that in recent weeks the company has been awarded contracts to: Sustain two Cape class patrol boats…
The first four M113AS4 Armoured Personnel Carriers being gifted to Ukraine departed RAAF Base Amberley last week where they will join other Australian equipment including Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles. Loaded into a Ukrainian Antonov AN-124 aircraft, the four vehicles are the first of 14 M113AS4s to be provided by Australia as part of a $284…
ANSTO nuclear scientists and Lithium Australia Limited have developed a novel technology to extract more lithium from lithium mining waste, in a development said to be a game-changer for Australian’s lithium industry. Lithium demand is being driven by the lithium-ion battery market with Australia supplying 60 per cent of the world’s lithium in the form…
Genetic Technologies (GTG), a Melbourne company whose technology predicts the likelihood of serious disease, has received validation of the benefits of its gene Type Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Test. The company, a leader in geonomics-based tests, announced the completion of a customisable Budget Impact Model (Bim) which ‘demonstrates significant health and economic benefits directly attributed…
Construction has begun on a new deep space antenna at New Norcia, Western Australia, as part of a multi-million dollar collaboration between the Australian Space Agency and the European Space Agency (ESA). The agencies will work together to expand the New Norcia deep space tracking station (pictured), located about 130 kilometres north-east of Perth. The…