By Peter Roberts For several decades Australia has a series of ‘car plans’ that succeeded in reducing model proliferation in what was once a highly protected industry, creating a sector which was technologically advanced and, with the subsidy of the plan, profitable for the surviving companies Ford GM and Totoya. It made an important contribution…
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Opposition leader Anthony Albanese outlined a 10 point Buy Australian vision at a NSW Labor conference on the weekend – in this excerpt from his speech, he outlines his plan.
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Namoi Cotton grows Northern Australia footprint Namoi Cotton plans to build and operate a new cotton gin with KCC Kimberley Cotton Company to service the Ord River Irrigation Area in Western Australia. The two companies have been developing plans for the gin since 2020, according to Namoi CEO John Stevenson, and was part of the…
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Adelaide based systems engineering group Shoal Group will join Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA) on its JP9102 team delivering a next-generation military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) system to Defence. LMA’s JP9102 solution is designed for operational superiority over current systems in the industry. According to the company, it not only delivers unparalleled coverage, capacity and resilience, but…
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The Australian-made space weather satellite CUAVA-1 was deployed into orbit from the International Space Station on Wednesday night. Launched to the space station in August aboard a SpaceX rocket, a major focus of this shoebox-sized CubeSat is to study what radiation from the Sun does to Earth’s atmosphere and electronic devices.
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For Australian producers and manufacturers to build the Food Bowl of Asia, we need more water. By Michael Sharpe.
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Battery and electric vehicle technology company 3ME technology has been revealed as the first investment of the Australian Business Growth Fund, a joint partnership between the federal government and Australia’s major financial institutions. Based in the Hunter region, 3ME Technology will receive $15 million from the fund, which was established in 2020 and provided an…
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The Defence Innovation Hub has awarded $8.4 million in grants to two companies, DMTC Ltd and QinetiQ to help them develop novel products for use by security and defence forces. $5.4 million has been awarded to Victorian company QinetiQ, which has partnered with the University of Melbourne to develop an innovative, deployable micro-grid that will…
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Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Future Industries has purchased a Dutch green hydrogen and solar PV business and announced a major expansion including plans to build a solar PV manufacturing plant in Australia. FFI has purchased a 60 per cent stake in Dutch-based High yield Energy Technologies (HyET) Group and provided the majority share of financing for…
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Sydney-based start-up Ellen Medical Devices plans to utilise a federal commercialisation grant to manufacture a revolutionary new dialysis machine costing a fraction of traditional machines to build and just a few dollars a day to run. Such a machine would be a literal lifesaver for the millions around the world who are unable to afford…
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