Tag: innovation

Capability must now meet ambition

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Innovation and Science Australia’s vision for Australia just twelve years from now is a nation that will be counted within the top tier of innovator countries globally. Its long...

China is open for tech startups

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
The Chinese government might be known the for the heavy hand of its command-and-control economic operations, but according to GWC partner and co-chief executive E.Hao – a former senior...

Reshuffle: PM bets on new team

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s bigger than expected ministerial reshuffle has delivered a new leadership team to its core innovation programs and reset expectations of what the industry can expect...

Benchmarks a key to innovation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Simply spending corporate funds on traditional research and development programs is not the best path towards business innovation, said PwC Partner Aaron LePoidevin. Instead, organisations need to embark on...

Westacott on our sleepy future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
After 26 years of uninterrupted economic growth, Australian business is asleep at the wheel warns Jennifer Westacott, chief executive of the Business Council of Australia. Unlike other nations which...

Qld attempts to fix the internet

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Dampened by the federal government’s lacklustre efforts so far to roll out the National Broadband Network to regional parts of the state, the Queensland government is exploring whether it...

All quiet on the Vic ICT front

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian government says its ICT Strategy is still a core focus despite remaining mostly silent on its progress and implementation since its launch more than a year ago....

The negative effect of Govt R&D

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
Government research and development spending gets trumped by academic R&D when it comes to positive economic spill-over effects on business R&D, a new study has revealed. Academic R&D expenditure...

Vic budget lands $90m tech boost

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Victorian Government’s push to attract large international tech firms to set up shop in Melbourne has received a $90 million boost as part of the state’s 2017-18 budget....