The Morrison Government is helping fast-track a $1.5 billion project to mine phosphate in the Northern Territory, which will create more than a thousand jobs and export opportunities for the Top End. Major Project Status has been awarded to the Ammaroo Phosphate Project, based in a remote part of the NT about 200 kilometres south-east…
Construction has officially launched on the Australian Space Discovery Centre and state-of-the-art Mission Control Centre to inspire the next generation of Australia’s space workforce. Located in the innovation precinct of Lot Fourteen in Adelaide, the Australian Space Discovery Centre will showcase interactive space exhibits and a careers hub. Mission Control will provide facilities for space…
Australia’s first Mission Control Centre is one step closer to lift off with local company Saber Astronautics chosen to establish the state-of-the-art space hub in Adelaide. The Mission Control Centre will provide facilities for space businesses and researchers to control satellite and space missions, and include a live link to the International Space Station so…
Topics: Australian manufacturing in the face of COVID-19, SA packaging company to produce PPE E&OE: Leon Byner: Well, as you’ve heard, a South Australian company, a packaging manufacturer, is going to begin making millions of surgical masks and respirators from its Adelaide factory – 160 jobs. Let’s talk to the Federal Industry, Science and Technology…
Topics: Domestic manufacturing of masks, $130 billion job keeper package E&OE: Michael Rowland: The Federal Government has thrown a financial lifeline to struggling Australians with a massive stimulus program to stop the economy from collapsing. The $130 billion JobKeeper program will see businesses receive a fortnightly wage subsidy of up to $1,500 per employee. It…
A South Australian packaging manufacturer will begin making millions of surgical masks and respirators from its Adelaide factory in the fight to stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Federal Government and South Australian Government have reached agreement with Detmold Group to produce 145 million masks – 100 million for the National Medical Stockpile…
EO&E… DR MEGAN CLARK AC, HEAD OF AUSTRALIAN SPACE AGENCY: Thank you very much, Prime Minister, and what a fantastic day, the opening of our headquarters here in Adelaide in South Australia, serving the nation and taking us into space and back into space. We are absolutely thrilled and we’re you’re standing is got to…
The Australian Space Agency has officially opened its headquarters in the centre of Adelaide today, reaching an exciting milestone in its mission to grow the economy and create new jobs. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Space Agency had made outstanding progress since being established by the Coalition in July 2018 and was now ready…
Topics: Opening of the Australian Space Agency Headquarters E&OE Allison Langdon: Well Australia will today reach for the stars with our new space agency to officially open its doors in Adelaide this morning. Karl Stefanovic: The centre is set to be a major tourism draw card for the city and a hub for innovation and…
The Morrison Government is backing advanced manufacturing and South Australia’s defence sector, through a new industry-research collaboration. The Government-funded Innovative Manufacturing CRC (IMCRC) will inject $1.45 million into a project to help develop and pilot cutting-edge manufacturing technologies that will be used to build nine anti-submarine warfare frigates. BAE Systems Australia’s shipbuilding business, ASC Shipbuilding,…