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Dutton doubles down on 'super for housing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... minerals and green hydrogen projects. SA Unions said the move threatens future business investment in Australian manufacturing. "Dutton continues the legacy of Liberal leaders showing nothing but disdain for Australians having good jobs in our manufacturing ...

Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... developments, as well as the 'China Plus One' strategy. The strategy allows Chinese companies to offshore their manufacturing and supply chain operations to other parts of the world to mitigate risks and reliance on a singular market. Due to ...

Green technology, clean energy receive Budget boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... energy transition. The federal government has also allocated funding for innovative technology and clean energy manufacturing in the FY26 Federal Budget. It announced priority sector funding allocations from the $1.7 billion Future Made in Australia ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... recapitalising the Clean Energy Finance Corporation," Chalmers said. "This will help develop new industries in clean energy manufacturing, green metals, and low carbon liquid fuels, and unlock private investment." All in all, Chalmers struck an optimistic ...

What to expect in the 2025 Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... discretionary spending. Spending announcements already made include on health, student debt relief, infrastructure, manufacturing, and cost-of-living support. The budget is expected to deliver spending measures but to seek to not put upward pressure ...

Splintered globalisation a boon for AI, metals, EVs: PGIM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... globalisation and nationalism. The report, A new era of globalisation, shows that countries that already have some manufacturing capabilities in place today are "often more attractive as friend- or near-shoring candidates in the future." Investors should ...

Powerhouse Ventures to launch flagship fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... out in sectors such as the space economy, quantum computing, next generation AI and materials science for onshored manufacturing. Powerhouse said it would seek to transfer its investment positions in around nine private companies worth in aggregate approximately ...

India Avenue launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... market while carefully managing these risks," he said. The fund invests in several sectors, including technology, manufacturing, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, energy, and infrastructure. The active ETF, Siva said, marks the next stage of growth for ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... again." He said the Chinese economy is now representing a consumer-driven economy, no longer solely dependent on manufacturing. "In 2023, 85.6% of the country's GDP growth was attributed to the consumer. That declined somewhat last year, as manufacturing ...

Quinbrook, CATL to build battery storage solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... Future Made in Australia ambitions which should encourage our existing energy intensive industry and builders of new manufacturing that Australia is the place to be." Quinbrook has some US$6.9 billion of equity capital invested in 40 gigawatts of energy ...