Tag: manufacturing

Origin exits hydrogen despite $115m govt support

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Origin Energy will cease work on green hydrogen development despite receiving $115 million in state and Commonwealth government backing for a proposed hub in New South Wales. The decision...

Local Defence primes needed to spur innovation: Joe Hockey

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Former Treasurer and Ambassador to the United States Joe Hockey says Australia needs Defence prime contractors to support local innovation and scale domestic manufacturing. In an address to the...

CSIRO delivers nanotech suit prototype

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A protective suit made of ground-breaking nanofibre technology has been developed by the national science agency to shield Australian troops from chemical and biological threats. The prototype suit, which...

Hanwha on local defence industry partnership spree

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Hanwha signed three new local defence industry partnerships and renewed its collaboration agreement with Deakin University last week at the Land Forces 2024 conference in Melbourne. The industry agreements...

Defence’s $82m sovereign rocket motor and hypersonics plan

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Defence has allocated $82 million for rocket motor manufacturing and the development of next generation missile components, including hypersonics, through its larger Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise program....

Additional accountability gets Teals onboard with FMiA

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The Teal independents have backed the Future Made in Australia bill after the government adopted some of their proposed amendments to improve transparency and accountability for funding decisions. The...

$550m in Solar Sunshot grants unlocked

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The federal government’s $1 billion program to build supply chain resilience in solar panel manufacturing has opened to applications amid a political storm over its economic merits. The first...

MTPConnect secures $28.5m for MedTech accelerator

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A $28.5 million commercialisation boost will soon be available to MedTechs fighting heart disease and diabetes under the latest round of a Medical Research Future Fund program. The second...

Defence supply chain program skews to a handful of SMEs

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Fewer than a dozen companies secured most of the benefit under Defence’s Global Supply Chain Program in its first 15 years, according to an independent review kept under wraps...