Ethan Automotive is reportedly seeking $600 million from the federal government for a planned Edinburgh Parks factory.
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“Shame on us”: business scathing on science cuts, govt divided over NCRIS “ransom”
There is reportedly division among senior ministers on whether the NCRIS should be cut, as promised, if higher education reforms don’t pass the Senate.
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$3 million modular bathroom factory expansion to create 100 new jobs in VIC
As many as 100 new jobs will be created in a Sync Building Systems factory expansion in Brooklyn.
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Tasmanian businesses benefitting from Federal Government funding
Tasmanian businesses have received $13 million in grants from the Innovation and Investment Fund.
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Auto assistance backflip driven by threat of “politically inconvenient” election-year job losses
Yesterday’s auto funding announcement has been met with skepticism.
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Defence minister regrets saying ASC couldn’t “build a canoe”
Defence minister David Johnston yesterday lashed out at Australian Submarine Corporation as incapable of building a canoe.
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Ford city Broadmeadows overlooked in Victorian election campaign
Jobs have been a major issue in the Victorian election campaign.
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A nation on the cusp of a third wave: an interview with Ian Macfarlane
As the year draws to a close, Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane discusses the major issues facing Australia's manufacturing industry with Manufacturers' Monthly's Editor-at-Large, Alan Johnson.
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Obama allocates $US 300 m to advanced materials, technology for manufacturing
US President Barack Obama has announced that his government will direct over half a billion dollars to efforts to strengthen the manufacturing sector.
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$60 m manufacturing grant scheme for SA and Vic launched
High value manufacturers in Victoria and South Australia have been encouraged to apply for the Next Generation Manufacturing Investment Programme.
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Quickstep earns $1.76m grant, will create automotive division, 30 Geelong jobs
Carbon composites technology company Quickstep has received a $1.76 million grant, which it will use to create an automotive division.
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Announcement “puts science at the centre of industry policy”: Abbott
The Industry Growth Centre initiative in yesterday’s competitiveness agenda would create better links between science and business.
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Industry growth centres to link business and science
The federal government will fund industry growth centres in five sectors that will encourage better use by business of Australian research.
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Federal govt announces growth centres in industry agenda
The federal government has announced its Industry Innovation and Competitiveness Agenda this afternoon.
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Employee share reforms, innovation funding for small business expected
The federal government’s industry competitiveness statement is expected this Wednesday.
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Bouwmeester Composites cites quality control in onshoring move
After initially manufacturing a different bike wheel overseas, company owner Mello Bouwmeester decided to bring the composites work to Adelaide, South Australia.
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Upcoming federal industry agenda to have “tough love” approach
Industry minister Ian Macfarlane has said that the upcoming National Industry Investment and Competitiveness Agenda will follow a “tough love” approach to assistance.
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More needed to counter SA job losses from Holden closure: research
Research has found a third of businesses around Holden’s Elizabeth plant at risk of closure due to the end of car manufacturing in Australia.
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Better not bigger research investment needed, Chubb says
Australia’s chief scientist, Ian Chubb, has said that research funding levels should be examined and investment refocussed following cuts.
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Better not bigger science investment needed: Chubb
Australia’s chief scientist, Ian Chubb, has said that research funding levels should be examined and investment refocussed following cuts.
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