Breakthrough Victoria has invested $37 million to bring US-based observation balloon company World View to the state, its largest single investment to date. The company will use the funding...
Advanced Manufacturing
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Australia’s leaders would like Australia to be a green energy superpower. The delivery of green energy has multiple dimensions, with the manufacture of windmills or wind turbines being prominent...
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Industry minister Ed Husic won’t reveal what terms the government secured for its part in a near $1 billion investment in a US quantum computing firm and has defended...
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The federal and Queensland governments will together invest almost $1 billion in California-based PsiQuantum to build the world’s first fault-tolerant error-corrected corrected quantum computer in Australia. Prime Minister Anthony...
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Australia’s median house price reached another record high of $1.113 million this week, ($1.6 million in Sydney) representing an annualised rate rise of more than 7 per cent, despite...
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The University of Sydney has been awarded an $18.3 million federal grant over four years to establish a research and commercialisation networking group for Australia’s nascent quantum sector. The...
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PolyNovo, Quantum Brilliance and SPEE3D are among the first 10 local companies to receive matched funding under the Victorian government’s manufacturing-focused R&D grants scheme. Jobs and Industry minister Natalie...
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Nine heavy industry projects will share in $330 million worth of federal government grants to fund the use of clean energy and emissions reduction technologies. The grants, announced by...
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Solar module manufacturers will start competing for their share of $1 billion in production subsidies within months, with funding expected to flow from mid-2026 to help meet a 10...
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Breakthrough Victoria has invested $20 million into local energy startup RayGen Resources to drive the state’s energy transition and boost local manufacturing in the renewables sector. RayGen uses an...
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rejected “rubbish” claims that the government’s Future Made in Australia manufacturing package is inflationary, insisting the industry intervention will be “responsible in macroeconomic terms”. The...
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The idea that a federal Industry minister would champion a large public investment into a foreign technology company and then hold that investment up as a signature project in...
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A new $22 million grant program for Australian and Austrian companies developing technologies that decarbonise hard-to-abate industries has opened to applicants. The Australia – Austria Industrial Decarbonisation Demonstration Partnerships...
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Defence will spend up to $36 billion on space, cyber, and electronic warfare capabilities over the next decade, according to the federal government’s new integrated investment program. The integrated...