Budget support for biomanufacturing in Queensland
Minister for industry and science Ed Husic said the Federal Budget included $12.6 million to support Cytiva’s Springfield BioPark Australia project in Ipswich, Queensland.
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Federal Budget – what it means for manufacturing
Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a redirection of funds from the Modern Manufacturing Initiative and Modern Manufacturing Fund to establish $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund to diversify and transform Australia’s industry and economy.
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Manufacturing the Budget
Billy Friend takes a deeper look into this year’s federal budget and its implications for Australian manufacturing.
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Manufacturing and the 2022-23 Budget: What to expect
With Josh Frydenberg’s economic recovery plan expected to include a modern manufacturing budget package worth more than $1 billion, Manufacturers’ Monthly outlines what we already know and asks
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Investing in the future of Australian steel
The Morrison Government is investing $55.4 million to shore up the supply of Australian steel to support renewable energy projects and the local Defence sector.
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Federal Budget fails the next generation of welders
The recently announced 2021-2022 Federal Budget has failed the next generation of welders, with a noticeable lack of funding allocated to TAFE, and vocational training more broadly. This is despite the serious skills shortage facing Australian industry, exacerbated by border closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Budget boost to manufacturing to secure Australian jobs
The federal government is investing more than $475 million in the 2021-22 Budget to drive industry growth and scientific development, and help create high paying, sustainable jobs in manufacturing.
Minister
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Minister Andrews to open Industry 4.0 Advanced Manufacturing Forum
Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Karen Andrews, will open the conference with a virtual keynote address on Tuesday, 20 October at 11am, to outline the government’s Modern Manufacturing
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$14bn worth of budget measures in doubt
Budget 2017: a glimmer of support for innovation and advanced manufacturing
SA snubbed in Federal Budget, politicians claim
The Weatherill government and Nick Xenophon believe that South Australia was deliberately slighted in this year’s Federal Budget. The politicians have suggested the Liberal Party purposefully excluded
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Manufacturing to receive $100M in federal budget
The federal budget will include a $100 million fund for manufacturers to diversify and expand their businesses, in the wake of the death of Australian car manufacturing.
Primarily, the money is aimed at
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CSIRO in Australia: looking to the future
Taxi drivers often ask me what I do for a living, and when I say I work for CSIRO, they get animated and show they know and love us.
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Sector still shrinking, budget hurts confidence: Ai Group PMI
Australia’s manufacturing sector remains in contraction, according to the Australian Industry Group’s PMI, released this morning.
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Budget will kill entrepreneurship and startups says AIIA
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) says the decision to suspend funding to Commercialisation Australia will adversely affect the local start-up sector.
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Cut to ethanol subsidies would kill industry: Manildra
Dick Honan, the owner of ethanol producer Manildra Group, has said that a cut to subsidies would lead to the closure of Manildra’s Bomaderry factory.
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Deficit unimportant, federal budget should protect manufacturers: ACTU
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has said that the federal budget, to be delivered tonight, should invest in manufacturing and protect Australian jobs.
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Defence cuts blamed by Raytheon for defence manufacturing decline
Raytheon Australia has blamed cuts to defence spending for the loss of 5000 manufacturing jobs.
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Industry calls for more support in Federal Budget
Manufacturing industry groups are calling on the government to inject more funds in to the sector, following a tough start to the year with various redundancies and factory closures announced.
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