The federal government is investing $12 million in a new Catalysing the Artificial Intelligence Opportunity in Our Regions program, to provide competitive grant funding over three rounds to regional organisations for AI projects that deliver benefits to regional industries, businesses and communities. 

Ai Group, the national employer association, has released the Australian Supply Chains: State of Play report to explore current business experience associated with supply chain pressures (particularly as they relate to sea freight), and connected impacts in other areas of policy. 

Announcing the launch of Australia’s first Modern Manufacturing Expo at the Sydney Showground on 20 and 21 September 2022, the time is right for manufacturers to have clear and direct pathways to the latest technology.

Incitec Pivot, a fertiliser manufacturer, will secure the local production of Technical Grade Granular Urea (TGU) to boost the supply of AdBlue, the diesel exhaust fluid used in heavy transport. 

Improving sustainability and using digital technologies to boost productivity are among the focus areas of a new five-year research program launched by CSIRO and Boeing.