SpaceX’s historic launch gives Australia’s booming space industry more room to fly
SpaceX has well and truly revolutionised space travel. But what does this mean for the many Australian companies making up a new space sector Down Under?
Australian manufacturing performance in May “deeply concerning”
Overall manufacturing activity was up slightly in May compared to April, but remains in “deep contraction” according to the Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index.
IDT to scale up cannabis manufacture
Pharmaceutical manufacturer IDT Australia is to scale up manufacture of cannabis products following news that its customer, Cann Group has secured new export deals with customers in European Union countries. Cann has won two new export contracts which will see its medicinal cannabis range sold in the United Kingdom, Germany and other EU markets. IDT…
Hitting the marc: Australian work aims to salvage value from winery waste
An Australian company estimates there’s $600 in valuable material sitting unused in every tonne of winery waste. Brent Balinski spoke to Professor Enzo Palombo about what’s trapped in there, and how to get it out.
Australia’s low economic complexity – infographic
Given Australia’s advanced society many were surprised, disbelieving even, when the latest Harvard Atlas of Economic Complexity rated us low on the complexity scale. Japan, Switzerland, and South Korea sit at the top of the ranking. Czech Republic ranked 6th in the world while the US slipped out of the top 10 into 12th position.…
Australian quantum technology could become a $4 billion industry and create 16,000 jobs
Quantum technology is set to transform electronics, communications, computation, sensing and other fields. In the process it can create new markets, new applications and new jobs in Australia.
The pieces of Australia post-coronavirus are falling into place
Australia won’t be the same post-coronavirus, but parts of the picture are falling into place. One concerns our approach to trade. It’ll be a reset, not a rejection.
More than 10,000 job losses, billions in lost revenue: coronavirus will hit Australia’s research capacity harder than the GFC
Australia’s researchers have answered the call to help with urgent pandemic clinical trials and other research needs, placing other work on hold. Experts across a broad range of disciplines are crucial to our health, mental health and economic well-being.
Australians want industry, and they’d like it green. Steel is the place to start
Australia has an historic opportunity to build a new, export-focused manufacturing sector based on renewable energy.
As a bonus, it could enable a less politically fraught conversation about climate change. Global action on climate change is in Australia’s national interest.
Beyond travel, a trans-Tasman bubble is an opportunity for Australia and NZ to reduce dependence on China
The COVID-19 crisis has thrown Australian and New Zealand businesses’ dependence on China into stark relief. With countries reportedly competing with and undercutting each other to secure desperately needed medical supplies from China, many are now waking up to their economic exposure to a single manufacturing giant.