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The Ideas Network will provide an insight into the Australian medical industry at a special event on global success as part of its Innovation Series. ‘Australian Medical Innovations – Achieving Global Success’ will feature keynote speakers Dr Peter Farrell, the executive chairman of ResMed, and Mel Bridges, chairman and founder of ImpediMed. Farrell will present [...]
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Some people are just plain greedy. As if winning the AMP Innovation Award at Queensland’s 2009 Telstra Business Awards wasn’t enough, Australian Innovative Systems (AIS) has also taken out the ‘Most Innovative Product’ category at the Barcelona Swimming Pool and Spa Trade Show 2009 and the eco-friendly 2009 Gold Gaia Award in Dubai earlier this [...]
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Entries for the 10th anniversary of the Hong Kong-Australia Business Association (HKABA) NSW Chapter’s Business Awards increased by 50 percent, making this year more competitive than past awards, according to Belinda Wong, chairman of the 2009 Business Awards Organising Committee. The awards recognise NSW companies that excel in all aspects of international trade between NSW [...]
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Australia is a land girt by sea, so it’s no surprise we have a thriving marine sector at home and abroad selling everything from widgets to yachts, engineering services to marine maintenance.
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A fruit juice that had its beginnings in the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has won the Best New Concept prize at the Beverage Innovation Awards in Germany. The Preshafruit juice had earlier won its category in Best New Juice or Juice Drink. Owned by Preshafood Ltd, which was also a finalist in [...]
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The Federal Government has pledged $6.4 million towards a program to help 15 regional food businesses boost innovation to serve domestic and export markets. The Regional Food Producers Innovation and Productivity Program will help a variety of food businesses, from the dairy sector to aquaculture, meat producers to nut farmers. “People in our food industries [...]
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The reports of the death of manufacturing are greatly exaggerated. In fact, manufacturing can be found alive and well in a duplex in Leichhardt, New South Wales, headquarters of menswear brand aussieBum. At first the business couldn’t afford to go offshore because they didn’t have the minimum orders required, but as the business grew, founder [...]
...read moreThe education sector will receive $5.6 billion in funding over six years, according to the Federal Budget delivered by Treasurer Wayne Swan last night. Swan noted the role of education in Australia’s recovery from recession: “Australia’s recovery depends heavily on our human capital, on our ability to educate our people, and innovation in business.” With [...]
...read moreIntellectual property protection in the energy sector has risen 250 percent in the past five years, reports Minister for Innovation Kim Carr on this year’s theme for World IP Day, green innovation. The jump in green trade marks and patents reveals that industry is adapting to, and finding new ways to combat, the challenges of [...]
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