Tag: Opinion
Brown Coal Innovation Australia Chair says ill-informed carbon attitudes risk Australia’s regional future
As a keynote speaker at the Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia (SEGRA) conference in Bathurst, New South Wales, Brown Coal Innovation Australia (BCIA)...
The global map for manufacturing is being re-drawn – yet again
By Karen M. Reddington, President, FedEx Express, Asia Pacific
Just a few decades ago the buzz was all about 'off-shoring' - where manufacturing moved to...
Automation doesn’t necessarily lead to job loss, says leading Australian manufacturing business CEO
Dr Herbert Hermens, head of Australian-owned manufacturer Keech, has dismissed the notion that automation will force people out of jobs as unfounded and “alarmist”.
Mr...
Australian manufacturing must adopt new technologies, knowledge and skills – says AAMC Chairman
The Chairman of the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Council (AAMC), Mr John Pollaers, has welcomed the Performance of Manufacturing Index, which showed the first expansion...
Australia must abandon resource-dependent economic policies and turn to advanced manufacturing, says Dean of...
With the mining boom all but over, its back to reality for Australia, which, riding on the wave of the commodity price hike for...
TUA’s Prof. Barry Burgan points out what troubles Australian manufacturing
Professor Barry Burgan from Torrens University Australia, (the country’s newest comprehensive University) has written an opinion piece titled "Can Australia Make Things — The...
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Building resilience as manufacturing requirements become more complex
The industrial machinery and heavy equipment manufacturing sector is critical not only for its direct outputs, machines, and equipment that pave the way for construction, agriculture and manufacturing but also for its crucial role in economic development and innovation.
