Calls for sweeping changes to how Australia measures and acts on innovation efforts made three years ago still stand for the new government, according to the experts behind it,...
While the former government kept a landmark Innovation Metrics Review secret for years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics quietly implemented one of its key recommendations to better understand how...
Australia would have a whole-of-government entity to lead and report on national innovation efforts based on more sophisticated data had the previous government accepted the recommendations of a landmark...
A comprehensive, 500-page report aimed at improving innovation measurement to support better policy-making handed to the government in late 2019 has finally been released, revealing a number of “time-sensitive”...
The federal government’s advisor on low emissions technology Dr Alan Finkel has shot down the possibly of nuclear power playing a significant role in the nation’s energy transition, saying...
Opinion: Australia is preparing to make substantial investments in the assets, facilities and services that support research and innovation. An expert working group, led by Dr Ziggy Switkowski, is...
The Net Zero Australia study announced by Melbourne University fills one of the missing links in Australian emissions reduction and energy policy. Despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s false dichotomy...
An in-depth investigation of the way government measures outcomes in Australia’s innovation system conducted by the most senior of public sector advisors is missing in action, gathering dust somewhere,...
Renowned physicist Dr Cathy Foley has been appointed as Australia’s next Chief Scientist, with the task of helping science and technology drive the nation’s economic recovery. Dr Foley, who...
Innovation and Science Australia has been “refocused and refreshed”, with a new name, several new members and a focus on overseeing the federal government’s $1.5 billion manufacturing strategy. The...
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