No stone has been left unturned by successive Australian governments in seeking to understand the weird alchemy that enables successful research collaborations between university and industry partners. It’s not...
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The Australian government has opened the door to its fifth Joint Cyber Security Centre (JCSC) in Adelaide to signal its ongoing commitment to provide platforms for public-private cyber intelligence...
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The federal government’s just-released digital transformation strategy offers no real strategy or path towards achieving its lofty aims, according to former Digital Transformation Office chief executive Paul Shetler. The...
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People advocating greater government involvement in directing university research programs should be careful what they wish for, according to CSIRO chief executive officer Larry Marshall, who warns this may...
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The advisory body set up by the government to steer the Research and Development Tax Incentive has not met for more than 18 months, despite making major changes to...
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The Victorian opposition’s last-minute innovation policy push has been labelled “too little too late” by the state government, with the election just days away. The Victorian government has also...
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The federal government has unveiled its Digital Transformation Strategy, declaring that all Commonwealth services will be available through digital channels by 2025. The strategy was promised earlier this year...
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The issues paper from InnovationAus.com’s Civic Nation 2018 roundtable on Connected Communities & Gig Cities is now available for download, exploring key policy and technology concerns in the sector....
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Artificial Intelligence ethical and legal frameworks, together with the struggle for local industry growth, were all key talking points at the AI Policy Strategy Session (PDF) held as part of...
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The Fair Work Commission has ruled that a sacked Foodora worker was unfairly dismissed and should have been classified as a worker, in another “major blow” to the gig...
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Australian governments at all levels must work together to foster “innovation precincts” and in the process improve public-private collaboration and commercialisation, according to a new report. The federal Industry...
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Of all the great challenges facing Australian policy-makers in trying to build a better functioning innovation ecosystem, finding ways to encourage the successful commercialisation of university-based research has proved...
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A data-collecting drone and a fish identification technology are two recent projects that demonstrate the commercial importance of collaboration between public sector research and the private sector, Industry Minister...
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There are growing calls in the public and private sectors for the government to introduce a collaboration premium for the research and development tax incentive to help turn around...