Tag: industry policy

FMiA already reshaping industry aid: Productivity Commission

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Industry assistance has swung towards targeted support at the expense of broad-based programs since the arrival of the Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia (FMiA) agenda, the Productivity Commission...

Roy Green’s middle power path to AI and productivity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Innovation system expert Roy Green says Australia should lean into its trade and research relationships with other middle power nations to mitigate an economic reliance on China, and a...

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...

The ‘industrial statecraft’ behind Labor’s bailouts

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Industry minister Tim Ayres refuses to let strategic production operations shutter or move offshore, warning Australia would not only lose blue collar jobs, it would be far less likely...

A new model: An Innovation and Industrial Strategy Commission

Posted on   |  by Dr John H Howard
Australia already has many of the institutional ingredients for effective innovation ecosystem development. What it lacks is coordination among these instruments around shared objectives. An Australian Innovation and Industrial...

‘I’m ambitious for reform’: Tim Ayres talks up R&D

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Industry minister Tim Ayres has given the strongest signal yet that the federal government intends to take a more strategic, coordinated approach to Australia’s R&D system. But he has...

What does it mean to be bold on the economy?

Posted on   |  by Roy Green
When the government is under pressure, Paul Keating used to say, “you have to flick the switch to vaudeville”. It’s a great line but hardly an option for the...