Australian Manufacturing News

1 week ago | australianmanufacturingnews.com | Doug Green

Productivity is essentially the art of earning more while working less and is critical for driving our standard of living higher. The Productivity Commission, tasked with figuring out how to get Australia’s sluggish productivity back on track, is pushing hard for corporate tax cuts as a key part of their plan for building a “dynamic and resilient economy”. The idea? Lower taxes will attract more foreign investment, get businesses spending again and eventually boost workers’ productivity.

2 weeks ago | australianmanufacturingnews.com | Doug Green

By Paul Eastwood Australian Managing Partner of global management consultancy, Argon & CoAustralian manufacturers can’t survive on a BAU basis. The game has changed and it’s no longer about incremental improvements in the world of manufacturing – it’s about transformation at scale. So this is a wake-up call for CEOs: if your factories don’t have key capabilities embedded in their operating model, your business could be obsolete before the decade is out.

3 weeks ago | australianmanufacturingnews.com | Doug Green

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, celebrated the progress and achievements of its latest ON Accelerate cohort at a showcase in Melbourne yesterday. ON Accelerate tackles the barriers that hold deep tech research back, fast-tracking breakthrough ideas into real-world applications and market-ready ventures. The showcase highlighted the incredible strides made by the 11 deep tech teams since the three-month program began in April.

3 weeks ago | australianmanufacturingnews.com | Doug Green

Australians with rooftop solar are being invited to take part in a first-of-its-kind research project exploring how communities can buy and sell clean energy directly with each other. Led by Deakin Business School, the Virtual Energy Network (VEN) study is testing how households and small businesses can benefit from peer-to-peer energy trading – allowing those with solar or battery systems to sell their excess energy to others who don’t have solar but want to access greener, cheaper power.

3 weeks ago | australianmanufacturingnews.com | Doug Green

Kemppi Australia has officially opened entries for its 2025 Art of Welding Competition, a unique event celebrating creativity in metalwork. Participants are invited to showcase their welding artistry through sculptures, patterned designs, motifs, or crafted objects. Entries can be created using traditional manual welding or advanced techniques such as robotics, lasers or friction welding.