Queensland Treasurer and Deputy Premier Jackie Trad has given the state’s flagship Advance Queensland tech and innovation strategy a $105 million boost as part of her second state budget...
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Australia’s commercialisation woes are more due to the private sector’s unwillingness to solve new problems rather than cultural issues at universities, according to Q-CTRL founder Michael Biercuk. On Monday...
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In a bid to build out Queensland’s emerging hydrogen extraction industry, the Queensland government said it will commit $19 million to support the roll-out of its newly announced Hydrogen...
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Four days before the May 18 federal election, InnovationAus.com hosted Ed Husic at our offices in conjunction with StartupAus for a no-holds-barred question and answer session with a bunch...
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Bob Hawke helped make Australia’s economy globally competitive by making the tough but necessary choice of opening it up to the world. There is no simply denying that, more...
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The Commonwealth’s flagship R&D Tax Incentive program is too complex and difficult for smaller companies – a proposition underlined by the $200 million in clawbacks last year from companies...
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Job creation and building industrial capacity would be central themes for the Morrison government across portfolios, newly reappointed Industry, Research and Technology Minister Karen Andrews says. In the next...
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The technology sector has welcomed the reappointment of Karen Andrews as industry minister with hopes it will bring newfound policy stability after going through six ministers in the last...
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Newly-appointed NSW Innovation minister Kevin Anderson has unveiled a further $12.5 million investment toward the expansion of the deep tech-focused ANSTO Innovation Precinct at Lucas Heights. The Australian Nuclear...
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In naming his second ministry on Sunday, Scott Morrison unveiled dramatic changes to the federal service delivery structures, as well as a new communications minister and steady-as-she-goes continuity in...
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Veteran Labor industry spokesman Kim Carr has announced he will not renominate to be part of the next Labor shadow ministry. “I have spoken to Anthony Albanese and told...
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Both Science & Technology Australia and the Australian Academy of Science have released statements on the re-election of the Coalition government, welcoming the government and seeking to strengthen science...
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Australia has developed a reasonably strong research system but a weak innovation system – and as there has not been a good diagnosis of the problem, much innovation policy does...
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Karen Andrews was the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology in the previous Morrison Government and does not want to tempt fate by speculating on whether she will retain...