Engineers Australia calls for gold-standard engineer registration
05 August, 2025Engineers Australia has made a submission to the Victorian Government's three‑year review of the Professional Engineers Registration Act 2019.
Aussie manufacturers benefit from accelerated ADF drone program
28 July, 2025The federal government has announced it is accelerating the acquisition of cutting-edge drone and counter-drone technologies for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
Queensland launches manufacturing advisory council
17 July, 2025The Queensland Government has announced that its newly formed Queensland Manufacturing Advisory Council (QMAC) has met for the first time.
Queensland announces Toowoomba manufacturing hub
01 July, 2025The Queensland Government says the Toowoomba Manufacturing Hub will soon begin working with local manufacturers to strengthen industry capability.
Queensland announces resources and manufacturing budget
26 June, 2025The Queensland Government has announced a $595.2 million Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing, and Regional and Rural Development Budget.
ASI will continue to seek relief from Trump steel tariffs
04 June, 2025ASI has said it will continue to work with the Australian Government to secure an exemption from the USA's global tariff on steel imports.
Government awards $16.5 million in grants for defence manufacturing
02 June, 2025The federal government has announced that grants have been awarded to more than 50 businesses across the country that provide priority defence capabilities.
AMRF signs MOU with Omron to support research and industry upskilling
29 May, 2025The Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility in NSW will work with Omron's Proof of Concept Centres to promote innovation, technology exchange, and productivity improvements.
WA Government investing $500 million to unlock industrial areas
22 May, 2025The WA Government announced recently that it will invest half a billion dollars to develop the state's strategic industrial areas.
NSW opens industry engagement program for locally manufactured trains
20 May, 2025The NSW Government has announced an industry engagement program to return to locally manufactured trains, which it says will help revive domestic manufacturing.
Construction to begin on Fishermans Bend Innovation Precinct
13 May, 2025Stage 1 of the project will deliver new roads, a public park and the necessary infrastructure to accommodate an advanced manufacturing, engineering and design precinct.
Australian industry contracts in F-35 program worth over $5 billion
15 April, 2025The Department of Defence has announced that Australian industry has reached a milestone of more than $5 billion in contract value in the global F-35 program.
Welding body calls for a nation-building approach to combat Trump's tariffs
08 April, 2025Weld Australia believes that US tariffs offer Australia a unique opportunity to carve out a new path towards sovereign manufacturing.
NSW Industry Policy sets local manufacturing targets
07 March, 2025The NSW Government has released the state's first NSW Industry Policy to promote collaboration across industry, the innovation sector and trade businesses.
Universities and AMRF partner to boost advanced manufacturing in NSW
06 March, 2025The NSW Government has announced a partnership agreement between the Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility in Western Sydney and 11 NSW and ACT universities.
