Big investment decisions don’t get made in a vacuum. They are the end-point of targeted work by powerful interests over a period of time. Very often there is an...
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South Australian startup Fleet Space Technologies has won a Dutch government grant to fast-track its “world-first” Internet of Things network for farms around the world, while Queensland rocket company...
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If your doctor whips out her smartphone to take a photo of your skin rash to share with a colleague, how will that image be protected, how long will...
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The ribbon has now been cut on the stunning new Sydney Startup Hub – home to 2,500 entrepreneurs and a Microsoft global accelerator – but David Thodey is looking...
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South Australian satellite communications company Myriota will push $2.72 million into an Internet of Things lab in Adelaide as it attempts to scale-up quickly for what it sees as...
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There is a lot I like about Innovation and Science Australia’s 2030 Strategic Plan. But as always, it’s in the delivery that the real test begins. Now that we...
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I’ve often said that Australia’s biggest obstacle to measurable success in the increasingly ruthless 21st century digital era is culture. Specifically, a cultural aversion to big ideas, global ambition...
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A national roll out of smart meters could be the start of a working solution for Australia’s growing energy crisis. And the effort would have spill-over benefits for industry...
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It seems these days that the public sector believes that the secret to a good report is in a winning title. That can be the only reason for Innovation...
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Without science, there is no innovation. That’s the position Leeanne Enoch is taking in her new role as the Queensland Minister for Environment and Science, following the state’s election...
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When it comes to protecting Australia on all fronts – whether air, sea or land – we all like to hope that defence force has access to the most...
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The Labor Opposition has reacted to the Innovation and Science Australia 2030 Strategy paper released this week calling it a “piecemeal” plan and slamming the Turnbull government for turning...
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The chair of Innovation and Science Australia (ISA) Bill Ferris spoke at the National Press Club in Canberra today, following the release of its 2030 Strategic Plan yesterday. The...
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If it has done nothing else, the Innovation and Science Australia 2030 strategy delivers a specific recommendation that government spending should be used as an instrument of industry development....