Leading Australian winery strengthens Barossa holdings
One of the leading Australian players in the Chinese wine market will increase production after purchasing a major vineyard in the Barossa Valley.
Australia should explore nuclear waste before we try domestic nuclear power
Last year Australia sold more than 7,000 tonnes of uranium, at a value of nearly A$600 million. This uranium produced nearly as much energy as Australia uses in a year, but with less than 10% of the carbon dioxide from coal-fired power stations.
Australian manufacturing returns to growth in July
The Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index released this morning shows the industry returning to overall expansion, but highlights a widening gap in performance between growing and other sectors within Australian manufacturing.
How Australia can make AI work for our economy, and for our people
The idea of robots taking our jobs is not radically new.
Australian team wins international space challenge
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have won the global Pose Estimation Challenge, a competition to accurately determine the position of a space object.
Australian wine boom in China could just be the beginning
Australia’s recent rise to the top of the Chinese wine market is only the beginning of a decade of unprecedented opportunity, according to a leading exporter from South Australia.
Pressure and performance: Australian company pushes to be a global leader in armour
Brent Balinski speaks to Xtek’s managing director Philippe Odouard about the company’s curing process – which it says can produce lighter, stronger composite parts – and its potential applications in defence, space and elsewhere.
Adelaide startup signs agreement with Australian Space Agency
By Jessica Bassano Spun out of the University of South Australia in 2015, Myriota last year raised $15 million through a Series A funding round, with Boeing HorizonX Ventures among the contributors. The Statement of Strategic Intent follows a similar agreement penned between international aerospace company Boeing and the Australian Space Agency in April. Deputy head of…
Plasma power: the Australian project aiming to do better than wet coating for textiles
An Innovative Manufacturing CRC-backed project announced last month is aiming to move research on material coating methods out of the lab and into factories. Brent Balinski asked project lead Dr Weiwei Lei a few questions about how his process works and what the project hopes to achieve.
Wanted: Australian manufacturers to support small satellite sector
Brent Balinski speaks to William Crowe, co-founder of University of NSW-based High Earth Orbit Robotics, about what they have achieved so far and what businesses in the burgeoning nanosatellite industry expect from potential suppliers.