Tag: Jens Goennemann

Take a moment: It’s been a huge week for Australian industrial policy

Ed Husic was in the Senate chamber late on Tuesday night to witness his signature National Reconstruction Fund bill pass, marking a touchstone moment for Australian industrial policy. The Industry and Science minister’s staff were all in the public gallery to share the moment, having been alerted to the...

‘Immense’ impact of manufacturing growth centre

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Industry Growth Centre set up in 2015 to help revive Australian manufacturing says it is now generating a nine-to-one return on government and industry investment and creating thousands...

A fiery debate: Applied research versus pure research

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The significance of funding basic research was contested between panelists in an at times fiery discussion at The Innovation Papers event on Thursday that focused on the best...

The Innovation Papers: Meet our full list of expert authors

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Forty policy thinkers from across the Australian tech and innovation ecosystems have contributed more than 70,000 words to The Innovation Papers projects to be published in a newspaper format...

Labor told to be bold in manufacturing rebuild

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor has a rare opportunity to give Australian manufacturing the attention it needs by designing bold capability and capacity policies with runways of a decade or more, according to...

Industry-led research is key to improved economic outcomes

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In its short history, Australia has built a proud tradition of research excellence across our institutions. In mainstream commentary we tell ourselves that in research, we “punch above our...

R&D tax incentive is ‘counterintuitive to innovation’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government’s research and development tax incentive is “counterintuitive” to innovation because it fails to focus work into Australia’s areas of strength and provides support only after the work...

Commercialisation boost for advanced manufacturers

Posted on   |  by James Riley
An electric motorcycle builder and a company that uses a seaweed oil extract as a feed additive to reduce livestock methane emissions are two of the latest recipients of...