Andrews continues as industry minister
Karen Andrews has been returned as industry minister following the re-election of the Coalition federal government.
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Profiles of success: Aussie AV pioneer urges us to think our way to prosperity
Australia can claim numerous motion picture technology achievements. From the current work of special effects and animation houses Animal Logic and Rising Sun, to the Cineon workstation (which won a Scientific and Technical Oscar) developed at Kodak Melbourne, all the way back to legendary inventor Henry Sutton’s proto-TV.
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Peter Roberts – on the road in Tokyo
In Tokyo the night US President Trump arrived to visit Japan’s PM Abe Shinzo and its new emperor I am reminded of Japan’s great contribution to the 20th century. Great technologies, work systems, great companies rose and fell and Australia was part of that history, especially through our trade with Japan and security relationship with…
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Atomos supplies software and hardware products to global majors
It wasn’t that long ago that global firms began seeing SMEs as sources of innovation and new products in healthcare and drugs. Now Atomos (ASX: AMS) has proved a model for a similar relationship in both software and hardware and after only five months listed on the Australian stock exchange. It expects to turn over…
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Hungry Jacks and CSIRO to produce plant-based burger
Hungry Jacks boss Jack Cowin is investing $1 million alongside partners to work with CSIRO to develop a plant-based version of his company’s famous whopper. The story first broke in the AFR and was soon picked up in media here and overseas. Cowin is partnering with the CSIRO innovation fund, Main Sequence Ventures (MSV), to…
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Monash University signs R&D MoU with international rail industry body
Monash University’s Institute of Railway Technology has signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Union of Railways (UIC) focussing on R&D collaboration.
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SomnoMed makes progress with new approvals, shareholder
Sleep apnea device manufacturer SomnoMed (ASX: SOM) is powering ahead following US approval for its latest sleep apnea device, and the arrival on the share register of a major new investor. The Sydney-based manufacturer has received FDA approval for its new digitally-milled treatment product, SomnoDent Avant. The approval is the high point of a digital…
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Tritium in deal to install big EV fast charge network
Electric vehicle (EV) fast charger manufacturer Tritium has signed a deal that will see the European IONITY group install the world’s biggest DC fast- vehicle charger network. The deal, the second the Brisbane company has made with IONITY, will see its Veefil-PK 350kW fast chargers installed in 120 charging stations across Europe. Charging takes about…
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Blocking Huawei from Australia means slower and delayed 5G – and for what?
The United States and Australia are deliberately restricting the place of Chinese telco Huawei in their telecommunications landscapes.
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NERA releases new Australian energy literacy report
National Energy Resources Australia has released a new report on the country’s energy knowledge, which it argues has not improved in up to a decade.
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