National Innovation and Science Agenda Archives

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Five years of innovation policy reporting

When InnovationAus started publishing a weekly newsletter five years ago this week, Tony Abbott was the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull was the Communications Minister and Scott Morrison was the...

Malcolm Turnbull on the ‘cult of consultants’

5 May 2020 | by James Riley

The Australian Public Service has been so damaged by and so captive to a “cult of the consultant” that it no longer possessed the skills in-house to perform some...

Malcolm Turnbull and the innovation agenda

21 April 2020 | by James Riley

For a signature policy that is clearly a source of great pride for former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the landmark National Innovation and Science Agenda is given surprisingly short...

Innovation slides down, down Downunder

17 March 2020 | by Ian Nisbet

A couple of Prime Ministers ago the word ‘innovation’ was pushed into the public consciousness with the launch of the National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA). With a lot...

Is tech back on the political agenda?

17 February 2020 | by James Riley

It’s a pretty rare day in parliament these days when you hear consecutive, detailed speeches about innovation policy, but that’s what happened last week. Can innovation and the technology...

Tech gets mugged by political reality

25 November 2019 | by James Riley

Friday’s opening keynote at Startcon was a trip down memory lane. All that fresh air and optimism and Malcolm on stage, you would be forgiven for thinking it was...

Clare O’Neill on R&D tax incentive

17 November 2019 | by James Riley

Industry policy is at its lowest ebb in years and federal Labor is urging government to re-examine the Turnbull-era Innovation and Science Australia 2030 report for its recommendations on...

Karen Andrews on the election win

20 May 2019 | by James Riley

Karen Andrews was the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology in the previous Morrison Government and does not want to tempt fate by speculating on whether she will retain...

$50m cut to key NISA initiatives

2 April 2019 | by James Riley

The federal government has slashed $50 million from two of its “flagship” initiatives launched as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda. The 2019-20 budget found “efficiencies” of...

Ideas boom is cast adrift: Budget

2 April 2019 | by James Riley

Josh Frydenberg’s first budget delivers a nominal return to surplus next financial year. But to get there, the Treasurer has killed off any residual attachment this government had to...

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