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Queensland to invest hundreds of millions in battery export industry that could employ thousands

The Guardian Manufacturing

Centre for Future Work director, Jim Stanford, said the state’s shift towards long-unfashionable “industry policy” was “absolutely the right direction” for the entire country, not just Queensland. to promote the local industry, including a new state government clearing house.

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GRT, TotalEnergies Marketing Australia welcome new dust control code of practice

AU Manufacturing

Australian engineering solutions company Global Road Technology and its Australian distribution partner TotalEnergies Marketing Australia have applauded the implementation of Queensland’s Code of Practice for reducing or eliminating exposure to crystalline silica dust.

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Australia’s first ATJ SAF production facility to begin construction in 2024

AU Manufacturing

The Qantas Group , Airbus, and the Queensland Government have joined forces to invest in a biofuel production plant being developed in Queensland by Jet Zero Australia in collaboration with the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) provider, LanzaJet.

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New TAFE Engineering and Trade Workshop to boost jobs in Queensland

AU Manufacturing

The Queensland government has launched the Mount Isa Engineering and Trade Workshop to provide modern engineering facilities for students across civil engineering and technology fields. The workshop is expected to boost enrolments in the coming years to up to 950 students per year, the Queensland government said.

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Winds of the north to power Cairns to net zero

AU Manufacturing

Cairns Regional Council has inked a historic agreement with CleanCo Queensland that will see 80 of the Council’s largest facilities obtain 100 per cent of their electricity from renewable sources beginning in July 2024. The Kaban Green Energy Hub in Ravenshoe will supply the majority of the renewable energy that underpins the deal.

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ARENA backs Queensland’s large-scale renewable hydrogen project in Gladstone

AU Manufacturing

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced $20 million in financing to Stanwell Corporation Limited (Stanwell) on behalf of the Australian Government to assist a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for a large-scale renewable hydrogen project in Gladstone, Queensland.

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Hitachi Rail Innovation a Game Changer for Testing Brisbane’s New Digital Signalling System

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Traditionally, switching systems for testing can take as many as 10 people up to four hours to implement, as existing controls need to be manually disconnected on the track and to then connect the new system.

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