Tag: innovation

Shorten offers big lift in science

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Opposition leader Bill Shorten would return science to the centre of government decision-making and drive central efforts to lift the nation’s spending on research and development by billions of...

Shetler on big bets and boldness

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The federal government would do better making “big bets” on technology and moonshot industries, rather than just dishing out startup grants as a route to kick-starting innovation in Australia,...

‘Highly disruptive’: Turnbull’s exit

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A new Prime Minister and a significantly different Cabinet would be “highly disruptive” to the government’s tech and innovation-focused agenda and could delay important reforms currently in the works,...

Germany a model of innovation

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There’s no denying that Germany is an innovation powerhouse. But what is it that underpins Germany’s ability to consistently innovate across different industries at a rate much faster than...

Cash: Govt the innovation enabler

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Industry and Innovation Minister Michaelia Cash says the federal government’s role in Australia’s startup ecosystem is as an “enabler” and it’s the industry’s responsibility to drive it. In both...

Michael Brand’s art of innovation

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Innovation has a clearly defined price ticket at the Art Gallery of NSW: its $344 million. Raising the funds is also something of an existential challenge for gallery’s director,...

SA result steady for tech sector

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The South Australian Liberal Party has heralded a “new dawn” in the state with a decisive election win over the Labor government, which has been in power for the...

Kate Carnell on small business

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Government’s tendency to think of small business as little big business is just plain wrong, according to Kate Carnell. And when it comes to innovation the problem is particularly...

Leeanne Enoch’s science agenda

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Without science, there is no innovation. That’s the position Leeanne Enoch is taking in her new role as the Queensland Minister for Environment and Science, following the state’s election...