China, US tumble, Australia stays at 18th in annual competitiveness ranking
Australia has remained in 18th place in the annual IMD World Competitiveness Ranking, now in its 32nd year.
From bombs to bugs: Australian company works towards new Covid detection device
In recent weeks, we have reported on manufacturers applying their expertise to developing Covid-19 tests. Brent Balinski spoke to Samantha Ollerton of GreyScan, which is building a trace detection device for surfaces, where the virus can linger for days. March was a month where everything changed. Whatever your business, it was time to rethink…
SpaceX’s historic launch gives Australia’s booming space industry more room to fly
SpaceX has well and truly revolutionised space travel. But what does this mean for the many Australian companies making up a new space sector Down Under?
Australian manufacturing performance in May “deeply concerning”
Overall manufacturing activity was up slightly in May compared to April, but remains in “deep contraction” according to the Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index.
IDT to scale up cannabis manufacture
Pharmaceutical manufacturer IDT Australia is to scale up manufacture of cannabis products following news that its customer, Cann Group has secured new export deals with customers in European Union countries. Cann has won two new export contracts which will see its medicinal cannabis range sold in the United Kingdom, Germany and other EU markets. IDT…
Hitting the marc: Australian work aims to salvage value from winery waste
An Australian company estimates there’s $600 in valuable material sitting unused in every tonne of winery waste. Brent Balinski spoke to Professor Enzo Palombo about what’s trapped in there, and how to get it out.
Australia’s low economic complexity – infographic
Given Australia’s advanced society many were surprised, disbelieving even, when the latest Harvard Atlas of Economic Complexity rated us low on the complexity scale. Japan, Switzerland, and South Korea sit at the top of the ranking. Czech Republic ranked 6th in the world while the US slipped out of the top 10 into 12th position.…
Australian quantum technology could become a $4 billion industry and create 16,000 jobs
Quantum technology is set to transform electronics, communications, computation, sensing and other fields. In the process it can create new markets, new applications and new jobs in Australia.
The pieces of Australia post-coronavirus are falling into place
Australia won’t be the same post-coronavirus, but parts of the picture are falling into place. One concerns our approach to trade. It’ll be a reset, not a rejection.
More than 10,000 job losses, billions in lost revenue: coronavirus will hit Australia’s research capacity harder than the GFC
Australia’s researchers have answered the call to help with urgent pandemic clinical trials and other research needs, placing other work on hold. Experts across a broad range of disciplines are crucial to our health, mental health and economic well-being.