Matt Fregon MP, Victorian Member for Ashwood, has formally launched the Monash Precinct Network, which will hasten the city’s development as a major hub for global research and manufacturing.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and US Deputy Administrator Pamela Melroy are set to Australia this week in an effort to highlight the close collaboration of the two countries in space innovations. 

A group of scientists from the Missouri University of Science and Technology is leading research focused on a method for 3D printing nanoparticles to create human tissue. 

Work has begun on the first locally made Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRVs) at Rheinmetall Defence Australia’s Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence (MILVEHCOE) in Ipswich. 

The 2023 Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) Australasian Packaging Conference provisional program will be available for the first in-person conference since before the pandemic, attracting delegates from all facets of food, beverage, pharmaceutical, packaging and manufacturing industries.

Minister for Ports and Freight Melissa Horne has opened the state conference of the Victorian Transport Association, which will centre on the workers who support the $21 billion freight and logistics sector that is the state's economic force.

Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Meaghan Scanlon announced the first three projects to be funded under the $40 million Queensland Recycling Modernisation Fund (QRMF), which will focus on the remanufacture of waste plastics, glass, paper, cardboard, and tyres into new commercial products.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it is eyeing two new institutes to advance technology critical to engineering and climate research as the space agency plans to develop multidisciplinary research and technology programs to support long-term exploration goals.

Drone manufacturing company Nightingale Intelligent Systems has ventured into a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to integrate the Blackbird Security Drone sensor data with AWS systems to create a highly advanced data analytics platform for intrusion detection, navigation, and life-safety use cases. 

Ports Minister Rita Saffioti has celebrated the opening of a new boat manufacturing facility in the Geraldton Fishing Boat Harbour, which will serve as the new location for the regional boat builder Dongara Marine.