#Australia

Australia has selected Northrop Grumman to help establish local solid rocket motor production, starting with GMLRS motors and expanding toward a dedicated manufacturing complex in the next decade.

Responses to a national survey indicate tunnel construction workers across Australia believe they face significant exposure to silica dust, underscoring an occupational health risk tied to incurable disease.

Australia has released draft legislation that would tax major digital platforms on part of their local revenue if they do not strike deals with news publishers, reviving the fight over who pays for journalism online.

Australia has unveiled draft legislation that would impose a levy on large tech platforms unless they strike payment deals with local news publishers, reviving the country’s push to redirect digital platform revenue into

Australia has signed on for 11 upgraded Mogami-class frigates, with the first three to be built in Japan and eight more planned for Western Australia as Canberra tries to arrest a decline in naval hull numbers while leap

Tokio Marine GX expects insurance premiums for Australian solar, wind, and battery projects to decline in 2026, though severe weather remains a major factor for large-scale solar assets.

Canberra’s updated 2026 defense documents pair a major spending increase with an expanded concept of national defense, emphasizing long-range strike, autonomous systems, air defense, and civil preparedness.

Australia says it will raise defense spending to 3% of GDP in the coming years, while reaffirming the United States as its principal strategic partner and warning of a harsher security environment

South Australia has opened two large land release areas for renewable energy feasibility licenses, widening the state’s pipeline for solar, wind, and storage as it pushes toward a 100% net renewables target by 2027.

New national datasets from University of Queensland researchers map ecosystem disturbance across Australia and highlight areas still relatively free of human pressure.

Australia’s Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station marks 50 years of tracking what is often described as the world’s cleanest air, underscoring how long-term atmospheric records support climate science.

An Australian automotive company has reupholstered a Toyota Camry with human-like synthetic skin that reddens under ultraviolet light to show that car occupants are not as protected from the sun as many assume.

The addition of Jack Karlson’s ‘democracy manifest’ clip to Australia’s national archive marks a striking example of internet-era folklore entering official cultural memory.

Researchers at the University of Melbourne, RMIT University, and Australia's CSIRO have built the world's first functional quantum battery prototype, demonstrating that charging speed increases as the battery gets larger — a counterintuitive property unique to quantum systems.