Environment ministers led by federal Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek have stepped in to force mandatory action to reduce and recycle packaging in a strong rebuke for the pace of adopting recycling by the packaging industry. The ministers threatened to take similar mandatory rules to the textile and clothing sector if it…
Two key contracts have been awarded for the Queensland government’s $12 billion Pioneer-Burdekin pumped hydro energy storage project. Central Queensland business Twin Hills Engineering and Drilling has been named as the successful tenderer for the six-month geotechnical shallow drilling programme for the project. Queensland-based joint venture Water2Wire is the successful proponent for the project’s Front-End…
The Northern Territory Government has today taken the next big step towards developing its Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct in Darwin as a new clean energy, investment and jobs powerhouse. Powered by renewables and lower-emissions energy, the precinct is being developed to attract industries that reflect what the Territory’s future economy will look like –…
Titomic sells integrated cold spray 3D manufacturing spray booth Additive manufacturing equipment manufacturer Titomic has sold an Integrated Spray Booth system to Dutch firm Perron038 for $710,000. The system incorporates a robotised Titomic D623 medium-pressure cold spray additive manufacturing unit and will be delivered this calendar year. Perron038 is a research and development facilitator that…
Room-temperature quantum computing manufacturer Quantum Brilliance has released Qristal SDK, an open-source software development kit for researching applications that integrate the company’s portable, diamond-based quantum accelerators for manufacturing and other industries. Previously in beta, the Quantum Brilliance Qristal SDK is now available for anyone to develop and test novel quantum algorithms for real-world applications specifically…
A new Australian Research Council (ARC) Hub to help forge an internationally competitive Australian biopharmaceutical sector using digitisation and artificial intelligence (AI) in pharmaceutical manufacturing has been launched at the University of Melbourne. ARC Acting CEO Dr Richard Johnson inaugrated the ARC Digital Bioprocess Development Hub – a five-year, $18 million research programme, which has…
Australian owned defence manufacturer NIOA will supply the Australian Defence Force with munitions well into the second half of this decade, following Defence’s decision to extend its Major Munitions Deed (MMD) by five years. NIOA Australia and New Zealand CEO Ben James said the decision shored up supplies against growing international supply chain pressure and…
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has decried the contionuing exposure of workers to welding fumes, following a decision by Safe Work Australia (SWA) decision to review, rather than immediately lower acceptable fume exposure limits. The union, which represents welders, boilermakers and fitters, has been calling for the limit set by the Workplace Exposure Standard…
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has announced that Capral Aluminium has been certified against standards governing traceability of their activities in relation to environmental and social risks. The company’s 26 facilities composed of mills, distribution centres and trade centres were certified to ASI Performance Standard V3 and Chain of Custody (CoC) V2 for the extrusion,…
Key players in aviation and green hydrogen industries have officially launched the Hydrogen Flight Alliance (HFA) at Brisbane Airport aiming to inaugurate commercial aircraft flights utilising green hydrogen power. The initial focus will be on enabling Australia’s first commercial emission free hydrogen powered flight between Brisbane Airport and Gladstone Airport in 2026, linking two cities…