Manufacturing is critical to a modern Australian economy. It is a vital part of Australia’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. Manufacturing is key to almost every supply chain and adds value across all sectors. The Australian Government's Modern Manufacturing Strategy will help manufacturers to scale-up, improve competitiveness and build more resilient supply chains. This is a part of the Government’s JobMaker plan.
Despite our world-class skills and incredible natural assets, manufacturing in Australia has stagnated. Not enough manufacturers are scaling-up in areas that provide good returns. The Strategy will seize market growth opportunities in our National Manufacturing Priorities.
This initiative will invest $1.3 billion in large transformative projects. It will encourage private investment and build the scale, connections and capabilities of local manufacturers, allowing them to shift up the value chain and grow.
This $107.2 million investment will allow us to better understand supply chains, identify gaps and take action to address them.
This $52.8 million investment builds on the popular and successful program to support transformative investments in manufacturing technologies and processes.
Industry is best placed to drive cultural change and overcome barriers to innovation, productivity and growth. The government has tasked the Growth Centres with leading cultural change in their sectors.
The Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Research Program offers a suite of funding schemes attractive to both university-based researchers and industries.
Supports Australian industries’ ability to compete and produce, by helping industry stakeholders partner with the research sector to solve industry-identified issues.
Provides a network of business advisers that can help small and medium enterprises to: be more competitive and productive; attract investors and commercialise their products; and work with the research sector to solve problems.
The research and development (R&D) tax incentive encourages companies to engage in R&D benefiting Australia, by providing a tax offset for eligible R&D activities.
A financial assistance program for aspiring and current Australian exporters.
This program provide Australian businesses with grant funds to build capacity to deliver products and services into domestic and/or international space industry supply chains that could support Moon to Mars activities.
The CIM program helps reduce importing costs for Australian manufacturers of eligible goods. If you intend to import an eligible good and can show that your imported good has a performance advantage in producing the specific end product over a local input produced in Australia, you may be eligible for an import concession.
Register at the Grant Connect page which provides a centralised publication of forecast and current Australian Government grant opportunities and grants awarded.
The Roadmap contains 17 actions that target 4 key areas to position Queensland as a leader in advanced manufacturing technologies, products, systems and services.
The Made in Queensland program is a Queensland Government initiative supporting small to medium manufacturers increase international competitiveness, productivity and innovation via the adoption of new technologies, and generate high-skilled jobs for the future.
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Funding and support programs for initiatives which drive innovation.
To ensure the Queensland manufacturing sector continues to grow and becomes globally competitive, the government has broadened engagement on the future direction of advanced manufacturing through a Manufacturing Ministerial Council.
The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) is funded by the Australian Government to transform Australian manufacturing to be more globally competitive and generate the demand for jobs.
Initiatives administered by the AMGC include the AMGC Core Projects Fund, supporting projects to commercialise innovation, and the Advanced Manufacturing Early Stage Research Fund, which is intended to benefit smaller firms and early stage research. The AMGC also operates the Manufacturing Academy which provides free education, guidance and leadership for Australian manufacturers