Australia’s top innovators recognised in ATSE’s new list of Fellows
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has unveiled the list of the new ATSE Fellows this year, including a Novel Price laureate, leaders tackling shortages in the Australian engineering industry, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander STEM education champions.
Lumos abandons plans for diagnostics manufacturing facility in Victoria
Rapid point-of-care (POC) diagnostics company Lumos Diagnostics has abandoned plans to establish a diagnostics manufacturing facility in Victoria as part of its ongoing restructuring...
Queensland students prepared for future jobs through STEM program
The Palaszczuk Government has announced a new initiative aimed at addressing future skills shortages in crucial manufacturing jobs.
The Additive Manufacturing and Stem 3D Printing...
ACTU calls for 7% pay rise for lowest-paid workers to keep up with inflation
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is calling for a seven per cent pay rise for workers, which would lift the minimum hourly rate to $22.88 and the minimum annual full-time rate by $2966 to take it to $45,337.28.
Researchers reveal nanoparticle building coatings to control temperature in various environments
Scientists from the University of Melbourne have published new research that looked into the potential role of building coatings that use nanoparticles in reducing the world’s reliance on energy production by adjusting the amount of radiation that can pass through them.
Fonterra wraps up sale of two China farming hubs
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has completed the sale of its two wholly owned China farming hubs in Ying and Yutians to Inner Mongolia...
Federal budget measures only partially address industry’s needs – Ai Group
The Federal Government’s first annual budget for 2023-24 has the industry talking, with Ai Group’s Innes Willox remarking the budget “unfortunately lacks the urgency and imagination required to power the Australian economy through a period of anaemic growth.”
Australia to purchase 51 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Novavax
American vaccine development company Novavax, Inc. has executed an Advance Purchase Agreement with the Commonwealth of Australia for 51 million doses of NVX-CoV2373, its...
Natural gas crucial in bolstering Australian manufacturing amid Safeguard Mechanism downplay – says APPEA
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) chief executive Samantha McCulloch has underscored the role of natural gas in achieving net zero while also powering Australian manufacturing, in response to the planned tightening of the Safeguard Mechanism, which ignores the central role of natural gas in meeting Australia’s climate goals.
WA establishes new jobs and skills training facility to support Aboriginal professionals
The Western Australian government has opened a new skills centre in the Pilbara region to train and offer career advice to job seekers and...
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