Tag: Adrian Turner

Changing the way we deal with natural threats

Posted on   |  by Adrian Turner
Australia is staring down the barrel of threats posed by climate-related natural disasters that – as evidenced by the 2022 floods in NSW and Queensland – we are just...

Generational change: From response to resilience

Posted on   |  by Adrian Turner
Prevention is better than cure: it’s a familiar idiom that expresses a simple truth yet its logic is often ignored. Sometimes the effort required now to address future natural...

The Innovation Papers: Meet our full list of expert authors

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Forty policy thinkers from across the Australian tech and innovation ecosystems have contributed more than 70,000 words to The Innovation Papers projects to be published in a newspaper format...

Innovation Papers: A policy forum for industry growth

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s tech and innovation leadership from across from industry, research and government will present policy papers in front of peers and policymakers at a special forum at the National...

Innovation Papers: A policy forum for policy ideas

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s tech and innovation leadership from across from industry, research and government will present policy papers in front of peers and policymakers at a special forum at the National...

Big picture policy needed for Australia’s future industries

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Developing Australia’s “industries of tomorrow” like quantum computing requires long term, bipartisan public policy and a rethink of research outcomes, with the nation left vulnerable by policymakers, according to...

Adrian Turner on building future industries

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Adrian Turner is the chief executive of Minderoo’s Wildfire and Disaster Resilience program. It should be no surprise that he has spent a lot of time developing his thinking...

Summer Reading: Your guide to a relaxing break

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Well, that was one crazy year. Full stop. We’ll definitely need to double up on the Ho, Ho, Ho’s this Christmas. As we move into the holiday season and...

A new model for innovation: Adrian Turner

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Philanthropic organisations are able to mobilise capital and drive innovation to solve big, thorny problems in a way that governments cannot, according to Adrian Turner, the former CSIRO executive...