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The Productivity Commission is wrong, again

In application, industrial policy reflects a complex interplay between national economic policy, international competitiveness policy and international competition policy. Industrial policy cannot be dismissed with glib assertions about the...

Aust business wants a bigger say on new industry strategy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian businesses have demanded a larger role in a new Australian innovation plan after years of inconsistent and ineffective industry policies which have seen Australia fall behind the “global...

The next AIIA chief executive is Simon Bush

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Australian Information Industry Association has appointed government relations veteran Simon Bush as its next chief executive officer. Mr Bush, who is currently head of policy and advocacy at...

Ken Henry and Heather Smith enlisted for NSW policy review

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Former Treasury secretary Dr Ken Henry and former secretary to the federal Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Dr Heather Smith have been appointed with businessman Jeff Connolly by...

NSW prepares decade-long industry policy blueprint

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales Government is rethinking its industry policy to account for “transformative forces” like decarbonisation, digitisation, and shifting value chains over the next decade, as productivity also...

Opportunity over fear in quantum technology: Biercuk

Posted on   |  by Professor Michael Biercuk
Australia and its allies are now faced with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a greenfield quantum technology industry, predicted by analysts to be worth more than $1 trillion over...

Why won’t this govt talk about software?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is something perplexing about the way our federal government talks about industry development policy, according to Brisbane-based AI scale-up Max Kelsen chief executive Nick Therkelson-Terry. It never talks...

Facing the Husic: Labor’s Industry focus

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
It was either fortuitous timing or smart politics that led to Labor to unveil its flagship industry policy less than 24 hours after the Prime Minister buried his most...