
Funding boost charges up Australian battery innovation
Australia could compete with China for lithium battery production after a local company announced plans to establish a $60 million factory.
Australia could compete with China for lithium battery production after a local company announced plans to establish a $60 million factory.
Rescuing Whyalla's steelworks is essential to maintain sovereign steel capability - vital to the economy and national security, the industry peak body says.
The federal government will foster jobs in clean energy manufacturing driven by locally made steel and aluminium under a plan unveiled by the prime minister.
Safeguarding sovereign steel production is a key factor in a $2.4 billion government package to keep a major steelworks running while a new owner is found.
Australia is one step closer to transitioning away from fossil fuels after major tax incentives for clean energy passed the Senate.
Australia's aluminium industry is set to share in billions of dollars of tax credits to help emissions-intensive smelters convert to cleaner sources of energy.
Anthony Albanese has tried to fight the tide of public opinion by spruiking funding in marginal west coast seats as his opponent takes to the east.
Labor has chalked up a last-minute legislative victory, with the Greens backing its housing scheme, as several MPs bid Canberra farewell.
Russell Mineral Equipment will get $40 million from the federal government's National Reconstruction Fund, allowing it to remain Australian-owned and operated.
Billions of dollars will be poured into a new defence precinct in WA, which is being touted as a rival to the mining industry for jobs and economic growth.
There can be winners in the clean energy race, a group of super funds says, rolling out a campaign to quell community fears and accelerate development.
The renewables rollout is not happening quickly enough in WA, a summit has been warned, with leading proponents of clean energy exports calling for targets.
Polls indicate a comfortable LNP victory is on the cards in Queensland but the opposition leader is playing down the likelihood he'll be premier in a month.
Regional towns across southern Queensland will celebrate the centennial of Cobb & Co's final stagecoach run, the last of its kind in Australia.
Rising demand for minerals needed to make electric cars, solar panels and wind turbines could deliver a unique opportunity for Australia, a report finds.
Australia is falling behind other nations in research and development and needs to make bigger investments and engage Indigenous knowledge, an event has heard.
Another state has signed a federal renewable energy agreement, anticipating rising power demand in coming decades from new refineries and low-carbon industries.
A multibillion-dollar plan to safeguard Australia's control over critical minerals and resources will be tabled in the House of Representatives.
The federal government will take the next step to realise a multibillion-dollar plan to safeguard Australia's control over critical minerals and resources.
A $22 billion strategy to make Australia a renewables superpower has been introduced to parliament with the treasurer saying it maps 'a path to prosperity'.
The federal government will push to increase manufacturing across renewable energy and critical minerals in a major strategy brought to parliament.
A multibillion-dollar push to increase manufacturing in renewables and critical minerals will set Australia up for decades to come, Anthony Albanese says.
Less obvious sources of greenhouse gases - including wine and pet food producers - have been awarded grants to lead the way in reducing industrial emissions.
Investors are being tapped for funding for early-stage companies tackling the climate crisis, the energy transition, new foods and cleaner industry.
Australia's $22.7 billion manufacturing push towards net-zero emissions must involve China and will eventually need to tax fossil fuels, an ex-ACCC chair says.
Hydrogen-powered transport could give diesel-powered cars, utes and trucks a run for their money and reduce Australia's reliance on imported fossil fuels.
The chair of the productivity commission has raised concern the Future Made in Australia Act could increase reliance on government funds.
Manufacturer Orrcon Steel has joined forces with a global energy firm to supply torque tubes made from 100 per cent Australian steel for solar panel tracking.
Australia could usher in the next boom by switching ammonia production plants from gas to renewable hydrogen to supply the mining sector with green explosives.
Rio Tinto will bankroll hundreds of construction jobs and industrial production in Queensland with a renewable energy supply deal for a smelter and refineries.
Mining and utilities are tipped as "bright spots" for construction and engineering jobs to offset broader economic pain as business investment stalls.