Tag: Innovation and Science Australia

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...

What now for Industry, Innovation and Science Australia?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s peak advisory body on industrial policy, Industry, Innovation and Science Australia, has not provided published advice since 2023. It has no chair and no deputy chair....

Innovation Metrics Review, sunk without a trace

Posted on   |  by James Riley
An in-depth investigation of the way government measures outcomes in Australia’s innovation system conducted by the most senior of public sector advisors is missing in action, gathering dust somewhere,...

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,...

Does innovation need a non-R&D focus?

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government needs to “rebalance” innovation policies to focus more on non-research and development activities, according to a new Innovation and Science Australia report. The report, which was...

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...