Crafting A Future For Additive Manufacturing
This story features AURORA LABS LIMITED, and other companies. For more info SHARE ANALYSIS: A3D
Additive Manufacturing is emerging as a promising, technology-driven, future growth avenue and Australia is playing its part. An introduction…
-Additive Manufacturing is an industry of immense promise that’s often been misunderstood
-Australia’s AM industry is growing with many businesses nationwide, yet the greatest success of the sector will come with more engagement in the global economy
-Covid-19 and emerging geopolitical economic competition are expected to have a significant bearing on the future of the AM industry locally and globally
Morrison government pulls $50m promised for station car parks
We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
Dismiss
7.14pm
Normal text size
Advertisement
The Morrison government has pulled the pin on more than $50 million in train station car parking projects it had promised in largely Liberal marginal seats before the last federal election after underestimating the cost of some of the upgrades.
Five commuter car parks in Melbourne’s south-east and a planned road extension that were funded under the $4 billion Urban Congestion Fund ahead of the 2019 election will no longer go ahead, amid a $90 million budget blowout and allegations that political “tribalism” has caused delays.
Dianne Morales is a former nonprofit executive who led Phipps Neighborhoods, the social services arm of the affordable housing developer Phipps Houses.
I’m a bit of a rookie on Google Meet.
Kathleen Kingsbury: Thank you so much for being with us. We only have a limited time together, so if you don’t mind, I’m just going to jump right in. My first question will give you a chance to tell us a little bit more about yourself, which is, why do you want this job? Why would you be better than anyone else in the field of candidates?
Well, thank you all for having me today, and it’s a real pleasure to be with you even in this format. I wish we were meeting at The New York Times. Look, I fundamentally believe that this city is in a moment of reckoning and that this is the most important mayoral election of our lifetimes. Our city can either slide backward or rebound from this crisis and tragedy. And like every disaster, this one has not affected all of us the same.
Read the boardâs endorsement for the Democratic primary
.
Note: Several participantsâ internet connections were unstable during this interview. Some audio broke up, and as a result sections of this transcript are slightly disjointed.
Kathleen Kingsbury: Thank you for taking this time to be with us. I wanted to ask you, to start, if you could tell us a little bit about why you want this job and why you are the best candidate in the field. Just because we have very limited time together, brevity would be very appreciated.
Brevity is the key. So, let me tell you why. New York is broke, itâs broken and itâs divided. Covid has exacerbated and exposed that divide. As you all know, as youâve reported on, the economy is stated to have a 13 percent unemployment rate, and in many of our boroughs, over 20 percent. The divide that it has exposed, the divide that