Tag: Commercial Disco

Defence, space and the drive toward national self-reliance

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Debates about the notional definition of sovereign capability has entered mainstream policy debates over the past two years. The impact that Covid and the economic crisis that it wrought...

Cold supply chains: Levins on pitching at SXSW 2023

Posted on   |  by James Riley
When I interview Paul Levins, he is sitting in Spanish villa-style ranch house in a small community about an hour’s drive north of Austin, Texas, where he has been...

Critical minerals commercialisation needs a national approach

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
Critical minerals have been placed front and centre in the new federal government’s economic plan. This week Prime Minister Anthony Albanese emphasised the need for Australia to capitalise on...

NRF: Intervention needed to halt slide on economic complexity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Achieving the objectives of federal industrial policy is fundamental to the government also achieving its emissions reduction and lower-cost energy commitments, the assistant minister for manufacturing Tim Ayres says....

Food and agribusiness: The value we have left on the table

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Just as Australia is highly efficient in extracting commodity minerals through our resources sector, we are likewise World Champion commodity food producers, with some 70 per cent of our...

Yes, there are challenges, but the business outlook is strong

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is an ongoing pandemic. There are skills shortages. There is a war in Europe, and complex and over-lapping geopolitical tensions. There are supply-chain concerns, particularly around semiconductors. And...