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Tag: OECD

CRCs need $50 million boost, says peak body

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Cooperative Research Australia has called for a $50 million boost to the cooperative research centres program, backing recommendations made in the positive 2021 ACIL Allen review released earlier this...

ARM manufacturing hub approved as research institute

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub in Brisbane is the first independent manufacturing innovation hub in Australia to receive approved research institute status, two years after its establishment. The...

Innovation and productivity forgotten in a lost decade

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
I have lost count how many from prime minister’s down have claimed to be working to make Australia a clever country, a maker of innovative things. Well guess what,...

Reflections on five years at the OECD

Posted on   |  by Alex Roberts
After an amazing and intensive five years with the team at OPSI (the Observatory of Public Sector Innovation), I’m leaving the OECD to move on to new adventures back in...

NSW targets translation in industrial drive

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Startup and SME-focused procurement reform and a plan to plug R&D linkages directly into precincts like TechCentral in Sydney are at the core of NSW government’s industrial policy zeal. There is an...

Building R&D capacity via targeted grants

Posted on   |  by Jo-Ann Suchard
The current economic crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, has exposed the decay in Australia’s manufacturing capability and highlighted the need for increased investment in innovation. Innovation...

OECD praises ‘blueprint’ Data61

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In a new study released by the OECD, CSIRO’s Data61 has been recognised as a “global blueprint” for digital and open innovation. The report on opportunities in digital innovation...

Innovation metrics consultation opens

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has opened up consultations on the development of the “next generation of innovation indicators” that will be used to develop new policies and guide public funding....

Aussie business’ mateship myth

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
The great Australian myth of mateship and working together to overcome adversity does not extend to business collaboration around innovation. According to the 2016 Australian Innovation System Report from...