A biologist from the Australian National University has been awarded the 2015 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, for work on plant biophysics models that will determine which trees grow...
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Yesterday I took a walk down memory lane. Enterprise software company BMC is holding its annual Australian user conference in Sydney, and I was able to catch up with...
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It is apparent the revamped Government is committed to raise the effectiveness of the innovation system, and that the opposition also shares this ambition. The need for this transformation...
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If a company wants to foster innovation it needs to start with the right conversations. And until senior management kicks those off, it’s not going to happen. Malcolm Turnbull...
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Regulation is often cast as one of the major impediments to innovation. Normally the concern is about regulation that impedes market entry, but the ACCC and its interpretation of...
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Australia’s GDP is 8.5 per cent higher because of the impact of university education on the workforce – adding $140 billion to the nation’s coffers last year. The figure,...
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The new government could drive a huge wave of digital change and innovation if they did two small things. First change the way they buy digital services – panels...
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If Bill Shorten didn’t already know what it feels like to get gazumped, he certainly does now. The Federal Government has moved in the past two weeks from having no...
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The Senate committee looking at the Australian Innovation System has published its interim report, outlining a troublingly stubborn list of ailments that undermine the nation’s productivity and economic performance....
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The global Big Data and Analytics market is estimated to be US$125 billion dollars in 2015. While Australia will definitely benefit from the efficiencies and insights promised by Big...
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Telstra board member Steve Vamos has a theory about automation and the rise of technology. The more technology prevails across our workplace and society, he says, the more the...
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has made good on his promise of putting innovation at the heart of his economic narrative, moving key chunks of government’s digital framework into Department...
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In what we now know were the dying days of the Abbott government, the former Prime Minister’s all powerful chief of staff Peta Credlin, was laying plans to try...
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Forbes magazine titled a 2013 article Lessons From Uber: Why Innovation And Regulation Don’t Mix. It’s a common enough view in innovation circles. Research by the Manchester Business School...