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Canberra is a thriving hub of knowledge-based activity. Our universities, the CSIRO and Government agencies are all leading the knowledge creation agenda.

The Defence industry is important to Canberra, and as home to Duntroon and ADFA, sees many of the nation’s Defence leaders pass through its doors.

There is a substantial wine industry around Canberra and a light-manufacturing sector in Queanbeyan.

The manufacturing industry is changing with the emergence of digital manufacture. Manufacturing is no longer driven by the concept of the large factory, economies of scale, and mass production of standardised units.

As a centre of government and public administration, Canberra is ‘information rich’. It has the largest installation of mainframe computer capacity in the country and provides employment for a large number of ICT employees, contractors and service providers including Intelledox, Tower, etc.