Investor Updates

The absence of bumblebees in Australia was a major reason why Arugga AI Farming chose the country to trial its robotic pollinators.

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Sun Metals Corporation will build a renewable hydrogen facility in the city of Townsville in far north Queensland after receiving a A$5 million grant from the Queensland Government’s Hydrogen Industry ...

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The Australian Hydrogen Council (AHC) and Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (CHFCA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the commercial deployment of zero-emissi ...

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Australia and the United Kingdom (UK) have started negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

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US-based ProTom International will install its Radiance 330® Proton Therapy System at the new Australian Bragg Centre.

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Australia’s reputation as a pharmaceuticals innovator has gained a boost, with US-based Merck Inc. (MSD) and Germany’s Harro Höfliger announcing an A$18 million investment in vaccine technology compan ...

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Artificial intelligence (AI) startup, The Yield, looks set for rapid growth after an A$11 million injection from Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley (Yamaha Motor Ventures).

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Overseas investment in Australian renewable energy is powering ahead. In early May, the French energy utility, Neoen, announced it would build Australia’s largest solar farm in Chinchilla, southern Qu ...

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On April 23, vaccines-manufacturing company Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) has announced a tie up with researchers from Griffith University to develop a vaccine candidate for COVID-19.

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A program to fast-track a vaccine for COVID-19 led by Norwegian research alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), has received a A$17 million boost from Australian state a ...

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Two years after announcing a A$30 million investment, Scottish craft beer company, BrewDog, has opened a flagship combined brewery–hospitality venue in Brisbane.

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Spanish energy utility, Iberdola, has partnered with Irish renewables developer, DP Energy, to enlarge South Australia’s major new hybrid wind-solar project — the A$500 million Port Augusta Renewable ...

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Abu Dhabi-based Masdar has acquired a 40 per cent stake in Australia’s second, major waste-to-energy (WTE) facility — Western Australia’s East Rockingham Resource Recovery Facility (ERRRF).

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British-Swedish multinational pharma AstraZeneca will expand its drugs-making operations in Australia, with a A$200 million investment in an existing Sydney facility.

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Major Japanese electronics multinational JVCKENWOOD has launched a clinical trial with La Trobe University in Melbourne and the Telethon Kids Institute in Perth to aid early diagnosis of autism spectr ...

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A Chinese fund has invested A$45 million to accelerate the development and commercialisation of translational health and medical research outcomes from South Australia. The investment will enable rese ...

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Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics has signed a significant commercial agreement with China Grand Pharma to develop the world’s first small molecule drug to treat diseases caused by human p ...

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Victorian medicines accelerator, BioCurate, is partnering with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited to expedite the development of new therapeutics and drugs.

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Australia’s capital, Canberra, is set for a large-scale renewable-energy auction to guarantee its 100 per cent renewables target into the mid-2020s.

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Malaysian engineering, property and infrastructure company Gamuda Berhad has acquired a 50% share of Martinus Rail, a New South Wales-based railway infrastructure firm.

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