Australian-made steel has a significant role to play in Australia’s transition towards advanced manufacturing, renewable energy, and low emissions, according to Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic. 

The Federal and Western Australian governments have allocated more than $30 million to boost the state’s waste and recycling infrastructure. 

The extraction of critical minerals is crucial to ensuring that the development of renewable energy technologies can keep up with rising global demand and contribute to the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to Professor Ismet Canbulat, head of the School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering at UNSW Sydney.

Queensland’s container refund scheme dubbed Containers for Change has reached a significant milestone, seeing seven billion containers returned through the network of container refund points in less than five years of operation.

Nightingale Intelligent Systems, an ASX-listed developer of autonomous security drone technology, has signed an expansion contract with the San Pablo Police Department (SPPD) in California for the delivery of two additional AI-powered Blackbird Robotic Aerial Security (RAS) systems. 

A report published by RMIT University highlighting the potential of using design to aid Australia’s transition towards a circular economy has won the Good Design Award for Design Research. 

ReNu Energy Limited said that as Tasmania moves closer to generating commercial-scale green hydrogen generation by 2025, Minister for Energy and Renewables Guy Barnett announced fresh funds to support domestic green hydrogen capability.

Engineers and applied scientists at the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) have welcomed the strong focus on attaining net zero emissions indicated in Minister Ed Husic's proposed National Science and Research Priorities.

The University of Sydney’s Net Zero Initiative (NZI) has introduced the Path to Net Zero, a new whitepaper that outlines a series of market-ready solutions and technology to help Australia reach its emissions reduction goals. 

Queensland is home to a rapidly expanding manufacturing industry that employs over 180,000 people working across a wide range of sectors, such as food and beverages, advanced medication, and the production of precision aerospace components.