UTS Vice-Chancellor Attila Brungs will tonight unveil a new strategic plan for the university that broadens access to research facilities and labs for local startups and SMEs, driving better...
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Potentially ground-breaking and pioneering intellectual property from Australian research is now publicly available for the commercially astute to evolve into the market, thanks to the launch of IP Australia’s...
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Veteran technology reporter and foundation InnovationAus.com contributor Graeme Philipson is resting comfortably at St George Private Hospital after undergoing quadruple-bypass heart surgery on Monday. Philipson, 61, was last night...
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I cannot escape a ringing truth running through my mind, the old adage “doing the same thing and expecting better results”. Through all my years in the business world,...
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Everyone following the discussion on innovation policy in Australia knows that skill development in the STEM subject areas is mentioned by everyone as being critical. Particular emphasis has been...
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October 30th saw the release of a significant report from the Office of the Chief Scientist, Boosting High-Impact Entrepreneurship in Australia, charged with the objective of addressing the role of...
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Culture, capital and commercialisation of research would form the backbone of the upcoming Innovation Statement, according to one of its principal architects Wyatt Roy. In a speech opening the...
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Atlassian’s late-entry to the tender process to buy to the Australian Technology Park has ultimately come to nothing, with NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes yesterday awarding the sale and...
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If you believe the Australian Financial Review’s Phil Coorey, the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is set to restore funding to Australia’s flagship ICT research and commercialisation agency, Data61. And...
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The Universities’ website The Conversation has carried two posts recently, by Michael Brown and Merlin Crossley, examining the NHMRC and ARC. Both express concern about the processes and outcomes...
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Australia has been chastised by the chief scientist for being slow to harness entrepreneurship as a driver of economic growth, with universities facing particular criticism. But a number of...
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The enthusiasm which Assistant Minister for Innovation, Wyatt Roy, is investing into his portfolio is most welcome. In particular, his willingness to get out into the market to give...
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Whatever the government has planned for its Innovation Statement – expected before Christmas – it will almost certainly contain some long-term thinking around research funding and how it is...
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Assistant Minister for Innovation, Wyatt Roy and Assistant Minister for Science, Karen Andrews spoke this morning at the first InnovationAus.com Opportunity Forum in Sydney. See main article here. Assistant ministers they...