This week the first trailer for the movie every tech-head has been waiting for popped up. I’m talking about the sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner,...
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With the appointment this month of investment managers to oversee the $500 million Biomedical Translation Fund, Industry Minister Greg Hunt will likely now turn to the creation of a...
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The controversial Innovation and Science Australia tender seeking outside consultants to design a strategy to build Australia’s innovation ecosystem has been awarded to Howard Partners, a boutique agency based...
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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...
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An innovation by Australian materials technology company Nano-Nouvelle is paving the way for a new generation of batteries that can power anything in your car, office or home. Designed...
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The latest report card on Australia’s business smarts describes a country that is good at employing innovative techniques but poor at producing the big value breakthroughs. The 2016 Australian...
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You are never too young to know what you want to be in life. Take a cue from University of South Australia (UniSA). As one of Australian’s youngest universities,...
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The much-anticipated Crossroads report from advocacy group StartupAus has lobbed onto the internet, painting a glass-half-full picture of Australia’s entrepreneur scene while at the same time warning that the...
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The CSIRO has been told where to prioritise its efforts and what the government expects from it; in return it has been promised a modest $115 million increase in...
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Australian business is taking too long to transform, placing the nation’s economy in a “precarious position” according to Adrian Turner, the chief executive office at Data 61, the nation’s...
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Industry Minister Greg Hunt has appointed Melbourne University’s innovation expert Charles Day as chief executive officer of Innovation and Science Australia, and announced three strategic appointments to the ISA...
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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has been appointed to drive Australia’s commitments to the multilateral Open Government Partnership, despite the architects of the National Action Plan remaining in the Department...
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Curtin University is pulling out all stops to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. As one of Australia’s largest tertiary institutions, it aims to set the tone for undertaking research that...
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Australia’s Ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma is in the country for a couple weeks, in part to drum up business for Austrade’s new startup ‘Landing Pad’ in Tel Aviv....