Tag: industry

The institutional instruments of effective innovation progress

Posted on   |  by Dr John H Howard
Australia possesses many of the institutional ingredients for effective innovation ecosystem development. What it lacks is coordination among these instruments around shared, place-based objectives. Each operates according to its...

IISA advisory board: Waiting years for written govt direction

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has been more than three years since the federal government’s flagship industrial development advisory board – Industry, Innovation and Science Australia (IISA) – has been given written ministerial...

Critical Minerals, Critical Questions: Is Stockpiling Enough?

Posted on   |  by Ehsan Farahbakhsh
The Australian government’s new $1.2 billion critical minerals stockpile plan appears to be more of a political statement than a transformative industrial policy. While some headlines have framed it...

WA TAFE centre to build up future defence workforce

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A Defence TAFE Centre of Excellence will be set up in Western Australia with the help of the federal government to deliver industry training opportunities in support of AUKUS....

$6.4m to combat health sector cyber threat

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government has awarded $6.4 million to an industry-funded cyber threat intelligence network to establish a information sharing and analysis centre for the healthcare sector. The Critical Infrastructure...

ASCA enters $61.5m delivery phase for ‘Black Thorn’ mission

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has selected two undisclosed companies for its first mission, signing contracts collectively worth $61.5 million after a period of co-design. Defence Industry minister Pat Conroy...