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The New South Wales government has announced a $117 million research and development investment in vital infrastructure and equipment that would support Australian scientists and innovators. 

The Sustainable Critical Minerals Alliance will help Australia uphold its commitment to sustainability and the highest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards for mining and processing of critical minerals, which are crucial in the manufacturing of low-emissions technologies. 

Food tech company Harvest B has opened Australia’s first plant-based protein facility aimed at helping transform the country’s domestic food manufacturing capability. 

Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic has unveiled the members of a National Robotics Strategy Advisory Committee that would establish Australia’s strategy for emerging automation technologies.

Global biotechnology giant CSL Limited has named Paul McKenzie as its chief executive officer and managing director, effective 6 March 2023. 

Minister for Employment and Small Business Di Farmer and Assistant Minister for Hydrogen Development Lance McCallum are taking a tour of the Genex Kidston Hydro Storage Project. 

The Northern Territory government has named a portable water purification system developer and a seafood processing operation as the latest recipients of grants awarded through the NT Local Jobs Fund (LJF). 

Under a memorandum of understanding, the two companies will look into the initial concepts for a heavy fuel engine that could be used for Stork-STM, a heavy lift uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) being developed by Animal Dynamics. 

A G-111 amphibious aircraft arrived in Darwin Thursday ahead of Amphibian Aerospace Industries’ plans to kickstart a brand-new aircraft manufacturing industry in the Northern Territory. 

Biotech giant Moderna has begun constructing its new mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility at Monash University’s Clayton campus in Melbourne’s southeast.