Queensland releases updated Advanced Manufacturing Roadmap

The Queensland government has updated its Advanced Manufacturing Roadmap to help thousands of manufacturers create good and secure jobs.

Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing Glenn Butcher said the updates, which affect the 10-year roadmap and action plan at the halfway point, were an important move to cater to the ever-changing global landscape. 

The revised Advanced Manufacturing Roadmap seeks to ensure that businesses are well-positioned towards becoming part of Queensland’s supply chain in the traditional and new industries that are on the horizon. 

“By 2032, it means 70% of Queensland’s energy supply will be renewable – taking real action on climate change, now. And that means opportunities for even more jobs for Queenslanders. We’re talking about 100,000 new industrial jobs in hydrogen, renewables, manufacturing and critical minerals,” Butcher said. 

The new rendition of the roadmap outlines how local businesses can work to be part of Queensland’s clean energy revolution, as well as the decarbonisation of the manufacturing sector. 

Butcher noted that while the roadmap and action plan retained the direction and vision of the original guide, the revised strategy included new approaches for the next five years. 

Developed with manufacturers around the state and guided by the Manufacturing Ministerial Council, the new action plan will focus on five areas to boost Queensland manufacturing, which are: driving advanced manufacturing in Queensland; supporting manufacturers to grow in a carbon-neutral future; supporting manufacturers to take advantage of large-scale and emerging industry and procurement opportunities; increasing the participation of women in manufacturing; and marketing Queensland manufacturing.

Butcher said these new approaches are crucial in supporting the lucrative sector and providing the state’s world-class manufacturers with every opportunity to thrive and grow. 

The revision follows the release of Queensland’s Energy and Jobs Plan, which would see more manufacturing brought back to the state, according to Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen Mick de Brenni. 

“We want to seize and de-risk this opportunity by manufacturing as much Queensland-made renewable energy equipment as possible,” de Brenni said. 

“And by applying our Buy Queensland procurement approach through our publicly-owned energy companies, we can increase demand for components that have traditionally been wholly imported, and drive an industrial scale manufacturing revolution.”