Industry Minister, Modern Manufacturing Initiative
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Emissions Reduction Minister (former) | Morrison government | RenewEconomy (16 May 2022), RenewEconomy (13 May 2022), RenewEconomy (9 May 2022), RenewEconomy (7 Mar 2022), RenewEconomy (23 Feb 2022) |
| Federal Energy Minister | Federal Government | RenewEconomy, @AuManufacturing (20 Apr 2022), Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (9 Mar 2022), SmartCompany |
| Federal Industry Minister (former) | the federal government | @AuManufacturing (16 May 2022), @AuManufacturing (25 Mar 2022), @AuManufacturing (14 Feb 2022), The Mandarin |
| Industry Minister | Modern Manufacturing Initiative | @AuManufacturing |
| Industry Minister | Australian Government | @AuManufacturing (22 Apr 2022), @AuManufacturing (3 Mar 2022), @AuManufacturing (17 Feb 2022), @AuManufacturing (6 Dec 2021) |
| Industry Minister | Accelerating Commercialisation | @AuManufacturing |
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The Australian government has granted cement maker Boral $30 million under its carbon capture program to assess Calix's emissions-capture technique, part of a wider pre-election round of grants.
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The Morrison government quietly granted Zero Degrees Rosella $3 million for a Victorian brown coal-to-hydrogen project, after a $5 million Queensland coal study grant, as election fossil hydrogen funding promises passed $400 million.
Seven South Australian manufacturers, including Bickford's, Orora and Inovor Technologies, have received federal grants totalling $48 million under Round 2 of the Modern Manufacturing Initiative's Integration and Translation streams.
The federal energy minister visited an Adelaide solar panel maker to open its expanded production facility, which had received a government manufacturing grant, as the writer notes such visits are uncommon.
Vast Solar has won $110 million in federal finance to revive a 20MW solar thermal plant with storage at Port Augusta, five years after SolarReserve won the same support then abandoned the project.
Federal grants totalling $58.6 million across nine defence manufacturing projects include $34 million for a Boeing-led aerospace network building the Ghost Bat jet in Queensland.
Australia commits $140 million in Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs grants for Pilbara and Kwinana, plus $4 million critical minerals grants each to Global Advanced Metals and Mineral Commodities.
The Gold Coast rocket maker has won federal co-funding for a 32-member space manufacturing network, backing a Queensland manufacturing hub and a new orbital launch pad at Bowen.
The federal government awarded $52 million to a Gilmour Space-led consortium building rocket and satellite manufacturing, test and spaceport facilities in Queensland, after a $33.4 million grant to a food manufacturing precinct.
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Federal and state ministers announce government backing for a Saab Australia defence combat-systems hub in Adelaide, presented as an election sweetener ahead of the March state vote.
The federal resources minister awarded a $7.5 million grant to Sweetpea Petroleum for Beetaloo Basin gas drilling and $2.1 million to the Northern Land Council, citing Europe's energy crisis; Empire Energy's earlier grant is recalled.
Canberra is putting $20 million from its Modern Manufacturing Initiative toward a space manufacturing park at Adelaide Airport, adding to state support, while a plant-protein consortium led by Australian Plant Proteins earlier secured $113 million.
The federal government has re-awarded a $19.4 million grant for Beetaloo Basin gas drilling to Empire Energy after a court challenge by an environment group voided the original award.
Six research projects share four million dollars in federal MERiL grants to test seaweed, legume and synthetic feed additives that could cut methane from cattle and sheep.
Roundup reporting Singular Health's IMCRC grant for 3D-printed medical seals, Viva Energy's fuel security payment, a fine over a worker's death, and the national battery recycling scheme's launch.
Seventeen Australian startups and SMEs share $1.6 million in federal BRII grants for feasibility studies cutting regulatory burdens, including livestock welfare monitoring and real-time analysis of listed-company market disclosures.
Seventeen unnamed startups and small businesses share federal grant funding for feasibility studies aimed at reducing regulatory burdens, under the latest round of a government innovation program.
Twenty-two Australian companies plus Monash University won Accelerating Commercialisation grants worth $12.2 million combined, with recipients including EVOS, BioCarbon, Ripe Robotics and Endua, each receiving matched government funding for commercialisation projects.
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Twenty-seven Australian manufacturers received grants totalling 33 million dollars in the first round of the federal Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, while applications opened for a second round targeting semiconductor and water treatment projects.
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