Manufacturers set to do heavy lifting in energy transition
Australian heavy manufacturers converge on Brisbane this month with the transition to renewable energy the focus of discussions.
The National Manufacturing Summit aims
Read more4 July 2024Manufacturing
Manufacturing workers can now vote to leave CFMEU
The manufacturing members of the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) can now vote to leave the parent organisation after legislation was passed in
Read more3 July 2024
Manufacturers set to boost production levels
More than two-thirds of Queensland manufacturers expect to increase production in the next 12 months, according to a recent survey.
The CommBank’s latest Manufacturing
Read more20 May 2024
Billion-dollar upside to onshoring cleantech
A move from a “dig and ship” to a “mine and make” economy could generate $215 billion in revenue and create 53,000 jobs in Australia by 2035.
A new report from
Read more8 May 2024
Manufacturers rebound but face labour challenges
Australian manufacturers have rebounded strongly from the pandemic, but labour supply pressures are inhibiting future growth.
The Australian Industry Group’s
Read more18 April 2024
Gladstone centre of green hydrogen manufacturing
Australia’s first manufacturing facility able to build hydrogen electrolysers at a commercial scale has been opened in Central Queensland.
Fortescue’s Gladstone
Read more8 April 2024
Billion-dollar shot in the arm for manufacturers
Businesses can now register to be part of a $1 billion project to develop Australian-based manufacturing of solar panels.
The Solar Sunshot project, to be delivered by
Read more2 April 2024
Women in manufacturing star in new documentary
A new Queensland-made documentary series is shining a light on the state’s women working in the male-dominated manufacturing industry.
She Made It, which premiered at
Read more10 March 2024