Tag: manufacturing

Govt defends blue hydrogen funding amid green push

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The Albanese government has defended its investment in a controversial coal-to-hydrogen project with the Victorian state government because it honours a Turnbull-era commitment to Japanese partners. Pre-commercialisation support for...

PC raises alarm on govt’s comparative advantage bets

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The Productivity Commission is challenging a foundation of the Albanese Government’s Future Made in Australia agenda, arguing Treasury is inappropriately using an oft-cited economic theory as grounds for interventionist...

World’s largest battery maker makes first Aussie R&D move

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CATL, the world’s largest lithium-ion battery manufacturer, has entered its first Australian research and development partnership, linking up with electric vehicle charger producer Gold Coast-based eLumina. eLumina confirmed on...

Future Made in Australia Bill lands in Parliament

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The Albanese government has paved the way for a new era of interventionalist industrial policy based on community benefit with the arrival of its Future Made in Australia legislation....

Qld charts Australia’s battery supply chain

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More than half the companies in Australia’s battery supply chain are either equipment suppliers or offer integration services and maintenance, according to a new database launched by the Queensland...

Future Made in Australia: PM spruiks startup benefits

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Scaling local startups will form a key part of the Future Made in Australia plan, according to the Prime Minister, who will next week introduce legislation for the flagship...

NSW govt is falling behind on procurement, manufacturers warn

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New South Wales Government procurement reform is needed to target more local manufacturers or risk losing them to other jurisdictions with more favourable policies, a state inquiry heard Wednesday....

WA’s $8m wind turbine component facility run by AMGC

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The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre will drive the Western Australian government’s $8 million plan to boost wind turbine component manufacturing in the state. Formerly operating as one of the...