Tag: Bill Ferris

The upside risk of skilled migration

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A newly released Treasury research paper has found that migration has a net positive impact on the economy and leads to increased innovation in businesses. It comes as Innovation...

Ferris on board tech expertise

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Innovation and Science Australia (ISA) chair Bill Ferris wants Australian companies to make structural and cultural changes to their boards of directors, and to look beyond simple gender balance...

Ferris and Thodey press for change

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Bill Ferris and David Thodey laid down the law on Australia’s needs to get off its arse and begin building some serious twenty-first century capital if it is to...

The debate the nation must have

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The trouble with worthy and weighty industry reports on the performance of our tech and innovation ecosystems is that they’re so heavy that within a few weeks they have...

Science fights for hearts and minds

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It was the annual Science Meets Parliament confab in Canberra last week. Cool … If you like that sort of thing. It was also the week Australia’s Prime Minister...

2030 plan a sad glass-half-full

Posted on   |  by James Riley
I’ve often said that Australia’s biggest obstacle to measurable success in the increasingly ruthless 21st century digital era is culture. Specifically, a cultural aversion to big ideas, global ambition...

2030 plan: Déjà vu all over again

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
It seems these days that the public sector believes that the secret to a good report is in a winning title. That can be the only reason for Innovation...

2030: Ferris at the Press Club

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The chair of Innovation and Science Australia (ISA) Bill Ferris spoke at the National Press Club in Canberra today, following the release of its 2030 Strategic Plan yesterday. The...

Budget to reveal 2030 thinking

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Newly-minted Jobs and Innovation Minister Michaelia Cash says government will provide a formal response to Innovation and Science Australia’s 2030 strategy and its 30 recommendations for driving the nation’s...