Tag: Supply chains

Cheap nickel endangering Aust battery ambitions

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Growing cost pressures and falling prices are putting the $1.8 billion Australian nickel industry at risk, threatening long-term processing and manufacturing opportunities in the battery value chain, according to...

Multinational primes wanted for Global Supply Chain Program

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Multinational prime contractors are being invited to apply for the next iteration of the Defence department’s Global Supply Chain Program, which intends to help Australian small to medium sized...

Business Council wants NRF narrowed

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia’s peak business lobby group wants the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund to support fewer industries and be dedicated to critical technologies as part of an overhaul of industrial...

Two ‘existential’ cybersecurity risks facing Defence

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Department of Defence can’t attract and retain enough cybersecurity workers, and has turned to nurses and miners to build out its teams as it faces twin “existential” challenges...

Tech coordination needed to support decarbonisation: Thodey

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A more collaborative approach to innovation is needed to enable the supply of technology that is required to meet Australia’s 43 per cent emissions reduction target, business leader and...

Govt unveils $145m supply chain shore up

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Coalition announced $145 million in manufacturing, supply chain and research commercialisation investments on Friday, including new facilities, the latest ‘Trailblazer’ university, supply chain monitoring programs, and a strategic...

Quad commitment on semiconductor supply chain, tech principles

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Australian government has agreed to map the supply chains of critical technologies and materials, including semiconductors, as part of an agreement with fellow Quad nations on technology development,...