Tag: Andrew Stevens

Gig Guide: IISA chair steps down, Oppermann takes data job

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Former NSW chief data scientist Ian Oppermann has been appointed the federal government’s new Data Standards Chair for Digital ID and the Consumer Data Right in the first shakeup...

Releasing stranded technology to grow industry

Posted on   |  by Adrian Beer
In regional Western Australia, nearly 600km from Perth, a manufacturing hub is being established to help power the clean energy revolution. Brisbane-based company Pure Battery Technologies has commercialised research...

Women in STEM rates a ‘national emergency’

Posted on   |  by Ros Gillieatt
The low numbers of women in STEM occupations is “a national emergency”, according to the chairman of Industry Innovation and Science Australia Andrew Stevens, who is also a member...

ISA gets new name, members and industry focus

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
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...

Andrew Stevens on post-COVID industry policy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Innovation and Science Australia chair Andrew Stevens is energised by the community’s re-engagement with both manufacturing and science through the early response to the COVID-19 crisis and is alive...

R&D tax interpretations are ‘ludicrous’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The “strict interpretation” of what constitutes an eligible activity under the Research and Development Tax Incentive restricting software claims is “ludicrous” and leading local tech companies to move offshore,...

PM&C names digital advisory board

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Morrison government has named a 14-member advisory committee of digital experts made up of industry groups, multinationals and startups to guide the Prime Minister’s recently-established Digital Technology Taskforce....

Charlie Day’s next big thing

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Innovation and Science Australia’s chief executive officer Charlie Day quietly left the organisation last Friday after three years’ commuting between Melbourne and Canberra. Dr Day took the helm of...