Industry and science minister Ed Husic has urged his federal colleagues to coordinate research and development programs more closely across portfolios to improve the effectiveness of delivering government industry development priorities.
Speaking on Thursday, he also highlighted the need to increase engagement between the scientific research ecosystem and small and medium Australian enterprises to improve commercialisation outcomes.
In response to questions from InnovationAus.com, Mr Husic said that a big challenge for research and development (R&D) programs is that its “disparate, it’s spread across government” and that “there’s something to be said about bringing all that together so we get the maximum bang for our buck”.
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