A message from Jens Goennemann

A message from Jens Goennemann Groundhog Day: The annual Harvard Growth Lab’s Economic Complexity Index (ECI) figures have been released – and Australia’s ranking has dropped, again. Australia now ranks 105th in the world in the measure of the complexity of the...

A message from Jens Goennemann

A message from Jens Goennemann After a decisive election win, the runway for government, especially a returning one, is at its longest. Therefore, it is a good time to address one of Australia’s most persistent economic challenges, again: Our country’s shocking...

A message from Jens Goennemann

A message from Jens Goennemann The federal budget is in deficit and won’t be back in black for a decade. This column and AMGC are party agnostic. Therefore, I will say upfront that budget blowouts are a bipartisan phenomenon going quite a few years – and rather...

A message from Jens Goennemann

A message from Jens Goennemann We do not know when the federal election campaign will start officially, so I will use this space to share a handful of manufacturing related thoughts for whoever forms the next federal government. Over the last decade, there has been...

A message from Jens Goennemann

A message from Jens Goennemann Hello and welcome to our first update for 2025. We hope that you’ve seen a robust start to the year and trust that you are well and truly mucking in.  AMGC has hit the ground sprinting. Most recently, we were announced as the sixth and...

A message from Jens Goennemann

A message from Jens Goennemann It’s a big week for us at AMGC and for manufacturers based in Western Australia (WA). It was just in late May when we signed a collaborative agreement with our partners from the Western Australian Government to co-design and deliver a...