New virus in bats linked to AIDS-like disease decimating koalas
14 April 2020 Devastated by summer’s unprecedented firestorms, Australia’s koalas are facing a potentially more serious and enduring existential threat from a fellow mammal – the bat. A new collaborative study led by Burnet Institute and CSIRO scientists…
Burnet’s COVID-19 self-isolation study
14 April 2020 Understanding people’s experiences and needs and ability to successfully self-isolate for COVID-19 is the goal of a new Burnet Institute study to inform current and future pandemic response. Led by Professor Margaret Hellard AM, the…
Higher Education Relief Package
12 April 2020 Australians will use their time social distancing to develop skills for new jobs in National Priority areas such as nursing, teaching, health, IT and science under a plan from the Morrison Government. The cost to…
Weekly COVID1-19 Wrap Up – Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
9 April 2020 Note: This COVID-19 information was curated by Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, Senator for Western Australia. JOBKEEPER LEGISLATION NOW LAW Yesterday marked one of the most important…
Entrepreneur Programme gets $110m revamp
9 April 2020 James Riley, Editorial Director – InnovationAus. In a massive revamp of its flagship Entrepreneurs Programme, the Industry department has awarded four tender contracts worth a combined $110 million for delivering the program’s commercial outcomes. The contracts…
Exemption to enable the domestic manufacture and supply of ventilators
8 April 2020 Note: This advice is sourced from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). View all current TGA advice on COVID-19 here. Recent modelling of the COVID-19 outbreak indicates that up to 8,000 ventilators may be required to…
Grey Innovation to Lead Industry Consortium to Build Ventilators in Victoria
9. April 2020 Grey Innovation is pleased to announce that as the leader of a Victorian industry consortium, it has received backing from the Victorian Goverment in the form of a $500 thousand grant for the project’s feasibility…
Building capacity in clinical research during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia
9 April 2020 ARCS Australia is coordinating a call for qualified volunteers who are willing to be called upon/volunteer in case of potential staff shortages to assist with the support of current clinical trials and any new COVID-19…
Researchers design ventilation hoods for hospital beds to help contain COVID-19 spread
9 April 2020 University of Melbourne researchers working in collaboration with Western Health have designed a personal ventilation hood for hospital beds to help contain the droplet spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in intensive care units (ICUs). The transparent,…
Seeking knowledge and expertise to tackle COVID-19
9 April 2020 A new database designed to make it easier for Australian experts to contribute to tackling COVID-19 has been launched, championed by Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel. An initiative of the Learned Academies of Australia,…
Melbourne researchers use cutting-edge technology to produce three new COVID-19 vaccine candidates
9 April 2020 Monash University researchers have produced the first known mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidates in Australia using an advanced technological approach capable of generating vaccines ready for human testing in record time. With the global race to…
AMGC COVID-19 Manufacturer Response Register
9 April 2020 The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre have created a register seeking expressions of interest from Australian manufacturers and others looking to assist with supply of goods, services or knowledge during the current COVID-19 outbreak. Visit the…
