Ping flicks switch on wind turbine listening devices
The first major roll out of acoustic listening devices to monitor the health of wind turbines will go live in Australia today.
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Confectionery giant Mars Wrigley backs Australian diagnosis innovation
Mars Wrigley is contributing “more than $100,000 for an initial six months of research” into a University of Queensland invention that can rapidly diagnose disease in cocoa plants and elsewhere.
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Aussie space entrepreneurs now have their own ANGEL
By Jim Plouffe A website that consolidates legal and regulatory information for Australia’s burgeoning space industry has been launched by the University of Adelaide. Called the Australian Navigational Guide Explaining Laws for Space (ANGELS), the www.spacelaws.com website was developed by Adelaide Law School at the University of Adelaide and law firm International Aerospace Law and…
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Government rules out fix to R&D tax concession
Industry minister Karen Andrews has all but ruled out reform of the trouble-plagued tax concession system for R&D. The system has been in limbo with the government’s preferred reforms, which cut $2.4 billion from the scheme, stalled in Parliament, and the industry department and courts at odds over interpretations of the scheme. In an interview…
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Incitec Pivot to review fertilisers business
Chemicals, explosives and fertilisers business Incitec Pivot (ASX: IPL) has announced a review of its fertiliser businesses in Australia and the region. The company is the sole manufacturer of phosphate fertilisers in Australia and the only producer of nitrogen fertilisers on the east coast. The company has appointed UBS to provide advice for a strategic…
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Gartner updates IoT endpoint forecasts
By Stuart Corner or the first time since 2017 Gartner has updated its forecasts for the number of IoT devices in use in enterprises and the automotive industry (including connected cars) to 5.81 billion in total by the end of 2020, and issued some market-specific forecasts out to 2028. The latest forecast also leverages Gartner’s…
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Farmer friendly milk message drives dairy growth
By Andrew Spence Milk exports to Asia, yoghurts flavoured with indigenous fruits and booming local sales are helping a small South Australian dairy company thrive in a tough market. Fleurieu Milk Company achieved 35 per cent growth in sales for the financial year to July 2019, taking its production to about 140,000 litres a week to…
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WA demo plant gains $9.41 million ARENA funding to produce hydrogen and graphite from sewage
ARENA has approved u to $9.41 million in funding to help construct a plant with capacity to produce 100 tonnes per annum of hydrogen from sewage.
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Brisbane’s Cook Medical Australia celebrates 40th year of manufacturing
Cook Medical Australia is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
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Collapse in training numbers continues says new data
The vocational education and training (VET) system is continuing its long term decline with further falls reported in student numbers by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). While student numbers fell in 2018 by a modest 1.5 per cent to 4.1 million people, this represented a fall in full-year training equivalents (FYTEs) of…
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