Topics: Naturo’s milk innovation E&OE: Ted O’Brien: So, can I just say a very big welcome and it’s wonderful to be here in Coolum at Naturo, a world leading, innovative company here locally and we’re very grateful to Jeff Hastings. Jeff, thank you to you and your leadership team and the staff, for hosting us…
The Morrison Government is backing a world-first innovation that can extend the expiry date of fresh milk to more than 60 days. Queensland company Naturo will use its $1 million Accelerating Commercialisation grant to build a pilot manufacturing plant in Coolum for its world-first patented technology for processing milk that is nutritionally superior and has…
Topics: Cooperative Research Centre projects, Labor’s retiree tax E&OE: Karen Andrews: Today, I’m announcing about $15 million in Federal Government funding to support nine projects to transform Australia’s recycling industry. So these are CRC, Cooperative Research Centre projects. Applications were called for last year. They closed in October and we are now announcing the nine…
A project to turn food waste into biodegradable cling wrap and another using AI to sort plastic recycling are being supported by the Morrison Government, in an effort to grow the economy and help the environment. The Government is investing $14.9 million into nine projects worth more than $40 million under Round 10 of Cooperative…
Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are now being sought for Round 6 of the Stronger Communities Programme, with funding between $2,500 – $20,000 available for up to 100% of eligible project costs. The Stronger Communities Programme supports the Australian Government’s commitment to deliver social benefits in communities across Australia. Round 6 of the program will provide…
Australian companies are set to gain new export opportunities, that have the potential to create new jobs, with the COVID-19 Manufacturer Response Register opening to keen international buyers. The Government’s Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) introduced the online Register in March, so local manufacturers and suppliers of crucial products such as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)…
The Morrison Government has today launched a set of principles to guide agreements between car dealers and manufacturers, as part of our commitment to deliver the best outcome for Australian consumers. The six principles are designed to help steer contract negotiations and build on the historic introduction of a separate schedule to the Franchising Code…
Australian and Indian researchers will work together to advance COVID-19 screening and study the future health effects of the virus, after a nearly $4 million investment by the Morrison Government. The Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) has funded six new projects, including one to develop COVID-19 diagnostic technologies and another study of the longer-term effects…
More than 90 jobs will be created across the Gold Coast when $5 million in Federal funding flows for eight shovel-ready projects, as part of the Morrison Government’s $1.5 billion Local Road and Community Infrastructure Program. Federal Member for McPherson Karen Andrews MP said getting shovels in the ground on local construction projects was important…
Topics: Hayabusa2 return E&OE: David Penberthy: A slightly longer road trip has been had over the last five odd years; involves the Japanese space program that sought to retrieve material from an asteroid millions of kilometres from Earth. And when it was to return, it did so here in South Australia, in Woomera, in fact,…