Ron Conry & Sam Ringwaldt, co-founders of Conroy Tech in the Melbourne factory on the 2nd of December 2022.
Australian climate tech startup Conry Tech is urging the federal government to act immediately to save the country’s “most endangered industry”, after its research found one in four Australian manufacturing jobs has disappeared since 2006.
Conry Tech, which is based in Melbourne and was established in 2020 by Ron Conry and Sam Ringwaldt, analysed Occupation (OCCP) and Industry (INDP) data from every Australian census since 2006 to create its ‘Australia’s dig & ship obsession’ report.
The company tracked the number of Australians entering and leaving 220 industries, such as INDP 1314 gold ore mining, as well as 36 occupations, such as OCCP 3232 metal fitter/ machinist.
The report focuses on the need to abandon a mining-focused “dig and ship mentality” and demonstrates that no Australian industry has shrunk more than manufacturing in the last 15 years.
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