The Western Australian government is updating its battery and critical minerals strategy to keep pace with global competition in value-added manufacturing. Building on its abundant reserves of battery critical...
Advanced Manufacturing
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10 local defence industry firms will take part in a $140 million project being led by Anduril Australia, subsidiary of its US namesake, to build extra-large unmanned underwater drones...
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The Valley of Death is real. As any Deep Tech or advanced manufacturing entrepreneur knows, there is a chasm between innovation and commercialisation that must be fully funded or...
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Sun Cable plans to build the Southern Hemisphere’s first advanced subsea cable manufacturing facility in Tasmania, which the state government expects will inject more than $1 billion into the...
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The latest $3.6 million round of defence industry grants has been split between 10 local firms, with South Australia-based firms receiving the largest collective amount. The largest individual grant...
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Materials play a crucial role in the evolution of manufacturing by forming the foundation of every product and innovation. Progress in material science and engineering has paved the way...
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I won’t waste your time. We have 26 years to reach net zero. Let that sink in. What I do want to spend time on is what Rux Energy...
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Australia is at risk of being left out of global supply chains without an industrial policy framework tailored to the energy transition, according to innovation specialist Professor Roy Green,...
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Nothing in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s $2 billion top up of critical minerals loans requires that the money goes to the value-added processing and refining operations the government campaigned...
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South Australia will look to turn around its manufacturing slide with a new decadal strategy that puts an emphasis on place-based innovation, value-adding and strategically important sectors like defence,...
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Australia will provide Ukraine with $20 million worth of home-grown technology, including counter-drone systems and deployable 3D printers, as part of its latest military assistance package. Prime Minister Anthony...
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An additional $2 billion has been added to the federal government’s Critical Minerals Facility, as announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during his visit to the United States. The...
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The South Australian government has named energy infrastructure firm ATCO and gas firm BOC as the preferred partners to deliver the core of its $593 million hydrogen jobs plan....
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The world will decarbonise, fast or slow, hell or high water. The hard part of the transition is more difficult than any deliberate undertaking ever previously contemplated. The very...