Who and what is really driving Australia’s 21st century industry and innovation policy? Is there a clear overarching vision that is executable and sustainable to reverse – or at...
Energy price uncertainty and skills shortages top the list of concerns for Australian industry, according to deputy Opposition leader and shadow Industry minister Sussan Ley. She says local industry had...
All but four of the business experts appointed to advise on the federal government’s new Industry Growth Program also provided advice on the now shuttered Entrepreneurs’ Programme. A full...
The federal government has appointed the first 17 advisers for its new Industry Growth Program, many of which delivered similar services under the Coalition’s Entrepreneurs Programme. Of the 17...
Australia’s defence industry strategy should be more closely aligned to broader industrial development policy in order to build national capability in areas of strategic importance that can quickly scale...
“A problem well defined is a problem half-solved” is a wise quip attributed to Charles Kettering, the head of research at General Motors nearly a century ago. “Magical thinking”...
The federal government’s industry growth program has opened applications for SMEs and startups to seek commercialisation advice, but firms seeking a share of almost $290 million in new grants...
Advice and admin costs will swallow more than 25 per cent of the Industry Growth Program’s $392 million budget, leaving $105 million less in funding for early-stage commercialisation grants....
‘Enabling the enablers’ in any thriving sector is a two-way street. Business leaders must continue to focus on industry-led commercialisation capability as a call to action for government support....
Former head of the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre David Chuter will take charge of the Albanese government’s $392 million small and medium enterprise commercialisation program next month. Mr...