Tag: Innovation and Science Australia

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...

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...

CSIRO’s excellent Asia adventure

Posted on   |  by James Riley
CSIRO has a foot on the beach with its planned Asia expansion, after installing a rising star executive as Singapore director and based in the city-state. Liza Noonan is...

White flag raised on innovation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Government has lost its way on the innovation policy and is now saddled with a minister who has given up on launching a new wave of policy reform, federal...

Daniel Petre on the 2030 strategy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In leading the debate about innovation policy in Australia, government must confront the reality of impending job losses and all the political complexity that comes with the issue, according...

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...

ISA 2030 Plan: The way ahead

Posted on   |  by Paul Cheever
There is a lot I like about Innovation and Science Australia’s 2030 Strategic Plan. But as always, it’s in the delivery that the real test begins. Now that we...

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...