Applications are now open for two of the state’s most prestigious science and innovation awards – the Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation and the Victoria Fellowships. The Victoria Prize and Victoria Fellowships celebrate our top scientists as well as early-career researchers and provide real support for their important work. The coveted Victoria Prize for … Continue reading Applications open for Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation →

Sensor specialist Innovation Sensor Technology IST AG, an Endress+Hauser Group subsidiary, has officially opened an expansion of its plant in Ebnat-Kappel in eastern Switzerland. The facility, built at a cost of nearly 15 million euros (AUD $24 million), now offers double the floor space. Mirko Lehmann, CEO of Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG, Matthias Altendorf, … Continue reading Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG expands its plant in Switzerland →

An APLNG-Armour Energy joint venture is to seek out gas projects in Queensland’s south west for the sole supply of Australian manufacturers. Mines Minister Dr Anthony Lynham today announced the joint venture’s successful bid for 18 square kilometres of land 22km south-west of Chinchilla. Under the permit’s conditions, gas can only be sold to Australian … Continue reading Joint-venture prospecting gas projects to supply manufacturers →

Sydney Water has announced that Roch Cheroux is to be the organisation’s new chief executive officer. Cheroux, who is currently Chief Executive of SA Water, will start with the Sydney utility on 2 September. Sydney Water chairman Bruce Morgan said that Cheroux was identified after an extensive executive search process both in Australia and overseas. … Continue reading Sydney Water names Roch Cheroux as its new CEO →

Sydney Water is funding a project involving Professor Francois Ladouceur from the UNSW School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, Thales Underwater Systems and Zedelef that will test the ability of optical sonar array technology to accurately detect leaks in Sydney’s water pipes. An estimated 10 per cent of water is lost daily from Sydney Water … Continue reading Sydney Water teams up with UNSW, Thales and Zedelef to detect water leaks →

Australia’s energy mix is projected to change radically due to progressive consumer demands and new technologies, according to TransGrid’s Fiona Orton. Orton, who is the future grid manager at TransGrid, said that developing a long-term vision for the energy sector requires careful consideration about how technology, regulation, market structures and customer needs may evolve over … Continue reading Integrated approach required to keep up with energy developments →

Backplane Systems Technology presents Winmate’s new IP69K flat stainless P-Cap panel PC, the W24IB3S-SPA269. Extending their already strong line of panel PCs, Winmate is adding a new 23.8″ model to the selection. Designed to be rugged, their line of stainless steel panel PCS are fully sealed to meet IP69K standards of protection against intrusion from … Continue reading Backplane Systems Technology presents Winmate’s new 23.8” IP69K flat stainless P-CAP Panel PC →

Michell Instruments’ QMA601 process moisture analyser has been selected by a major European manufacturer to monitor trace moisture in ethylene at point of entry from the supply pipeline. After a year-long trial at the plant, Michell’s QMA601 quartz crystal microbalance moisture analyser was shown to be measuring within specification throughout with no adjustments needed. The … Continue reading Fast-responding quartz crystal moisture analyser from Michell selected for European ethylene pipeline →

The reappointment of Karen Andrews as federal minister for industry, science and technology in the Morrison cabinet has been welcomed by sectors of Australia’s science and technology community. Andrews was first appointed to the role in August last year after Morrison became prime minister. Morrison announced Andrews would continue in her ministerial role in the … Continue reading Karen Andrews’ ministerial reappointment welcomed by STEM sector →

The Western Australian government has launched a new science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills strategy. The strategy, which was an election commitment for the McGowan government, was developed by a panel made up of industry experts, researchers and educators, and chaired by WA’s Chief Scientist, Professor Peter Klinken. Called “Future Jobs, Future Skills: Driving … Continue reading WA government launches STEM strategy →

A 3D printing company in Cairns and 19 other businesses will share in over $850,000 under the latest round of the Queensland Government’s Business Growth Fund. Minister for Training and Skills Development Shannon Fentiman announced Trinity Engineering Consulting received more than $9,000 to boost and grow their business. “We know that small business take a … Continue reading Cairns-based 3D printing company gets government funding boost →

The NSW Government is to invest $12.5 million to support the expansion of the Innovation Precinct at the Lucas Heights campus of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). State Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation, Kevin Anderson, visited ANSTO to be briefed on how the investment will assist scientists, students, start-ups and industries … Continue reading ANSTO Innovation Precinct to receive $1.25 million from NSW government →

A Swinburne University research team has been focussing its efforts on groundbreaking work on sensors and nanomaterials and their practical use for health and environmental monitoring. The team is led by Dr Shafiei, a Swinburne Vice-Chancellor’s Women in STEM research fellow. These fellowships have been designed designed to address the under-representation of women in science, … Continue reading Swinburne researchers exploring use of nanomaterials in sensors →

Federal Labor Senator Kim Carr has announced that he will not renominate as Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, ending a two-decade stint on the frontbench in both government and opposition. Carr has been on Labor’s frontbench since 1996, serving much of that time as the party’s spokesperson for industry, science and research. … Continue reading Labor’s Kim Carr stands down from Opposition frontbench →

A team of polymer chemists and engineers from have developed a new methodology that can be used to create a class of stretchable polymer composites with enhanced electrical and thermal properties, materials that are candidates for use in soft robotics, self-healing electronics and medical devices. In the study, published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, the … Continue reading Researchers find new method for development of advanced polymer composites →

Five Australian high school students have received prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Phoenix, Arizona. The students, Lucy Lake, Mitchell Torok, Ivy Brain, Macinley Butson and Callum Predavec, were finalists at the national 2019 BHP Foundation Science and Engineering Awards, a partnership between the BHP Foundation, CSIRO and the Australian … Continue reading Australian school students win prizes at the ISEF in the US →

BAE Systems Australia has opened a high frequency (HF) laboratory in South Australia that will be used to develop new technology for the upgraded Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN). Using high frequency (HF) technologies developed in Australia, JORN monitors Australia’s northern approaches for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) through a network of three remote … Continue reading BAE opens high frequency lab for JORN radar technologies →

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have, for the first time, demonstrated the maximum potential of ultra-thin 2D materials to generate electricity using sunlight. According to the research paper, published in the journal Advanced Materials, 2D materials could one day revolutionise technology like solar cells, mobile phones and sensing devices. While scientists have been … Continue reading ANU scientists demonstrate electricity-generating potential of ultra-thin 2D materials →