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Infrastructure Aust urges NBN push

In the latest Australian Infrastructure Plan it was easy to be distracted by its recommendations on privatising assets, including the NBN. It wasn’t the only reference in the plan....

No surprises in Shanghai surprise

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There’s an increasingly disappointing air of predictability that is settling over Malcolm Turnbull’s National Innovation and Science Agenda. And that, one would have thought, is quite the opposite to...

PM’s Cabinet crew on innovation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last night chaired the first meeting of the Innovation and Science Committee of the Cabinet. The meeting marks the first time a Cabinet-level committee...

Matt Barrie: PM’s good first step

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We could have done significantly more for innovation, but at least we’re finally on the right track. As for science, brutal cuts and the message is loud and clear-...

Turnbull reshapes economic future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
With the launch of the National Innovation and Science Agenda, the Prime Minister has put his shoulder to wheel in steering a new cultural direction for the nation’s economic...

Startups seek the devils in the detail

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Malcolm Turnbull’s Coalition government hopes to light a fire under Australia’s startup community with new incentives ranging from investor tax breaks to more liberal treatment of insolvency. But the...

Open door policy for Avi Hasson

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The Office of the Chief Scientist inside Israel’s Ministry for the Economy is responsible for the execution of government policy in support of industrial research and development. Given Israel’s...

PM appoints new Chief Scientist

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The Prime Minister has clearly got the man he wanted as the nation’s new Chief Scientist with the appointment of Dr Alan Finkel, who can claim not only a...

Graham Farquhar, Australian hero

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A biologist from the Australian National University has been awarded the 2015 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, for work on plant biophysics models that will determine which trees grow...

Curriculum gaps holding tech back

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Australia wants a thriving technology sector – to get one requires access to a steady supply of good skills. At present the nation is far from self-sufficient; even Atlassian,...