Tag: Ambitious Australia

Time-limited spending programs do not create ecosystems

Posted on   |  by Dr John H Howard
Australian research and innovation policy keeps making the same mistake. It funds a program and then expects an ecosystem to grow where the money lands, and those are two...

Denholm-led panel hits back at SERD criticism

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Robyn Denholm-led panel that reviewed Australia’s R&D system has hit back at criticisms that its landmark report is too university-centric, insisting universities are far from its “centre of...

Denholm tells founders to stop whinging, keep building

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The architect of Australia’s R&D reset Robyn Denholm says local innovators need to stop “whinging” about unpopular government policy and get on with seizing generational opportunities like AI and...

Kim Carr on the long march to industrial rejuvenation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Former senator Kim Carr spent 30 years in the federal Parliament holding ministerial portfolios as wide ranging as Human Services, Higher Education and Defence Material. But he is best...

Food manufacturing report gets late, lite govt response

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Albanese government has delayed decisions on productivity-boosting innovation precincts and manufacturing facilities in its overdue response to a parliamentary inquiry into the food and beverage sector that contains...

SERD response key to productivity fix, inquiry told

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Rapid reform of the research and development landscape and better-targeted uptake of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence are needed to boost Australia’s flatlining productivity rates, a Canberra inquiry has...