Tag: innovation policy

The year ahead: Innovation reform agenda heats up

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
2024 is shaping up as a big year for technology and innovation reform, with recommendations already piling up on ministers’ desks, consultations closing and pressure mounting from foreign governments....

Innovation theories as a model for govt policy

Posted on   |  by Dr John H Howard
Theories of innovation serve as a framework for understanding how new ideas evolve into end user-ready products, services, or processes. There are five seminal theories that seek to explain...

Innovation election is like the dog that didn’t bark

Posted on   |  by Roy Green
When it comes to research and innovation, the current election campaign recalls the Sherlock Holmes story featuring the dog that didn’t bark. Here’s how it went: Gregory (Scotland Yard...

Clare O’Neil on the big picture for tech

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Federal Labor will bring a comprehensive, tech-focused policy package to the next election after the government’s “ad-hoc and knee jerked” approach to the sector across the better part of...

Cicada’s Williams on Deep Tech policy priorities

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Sally-Ann Williams has been the chief executive officer at Australia’s premier Deep Tech incubator Cicada Innovations for just over 12 months, after spending more than 12 years with Google...

MPs must improve tech policy debate

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Parliamentarians must work to improve their understanding of technology issues in order to improve the quality debate and avoid a repeat of the controversial encryption and metadata laws, according...

Clare O’Neill on R&D tax incentive

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry policy is at its lowest ebb in years and federal Labor is urging government to re-examine the Turnbull-era Innovation and Science Australia 2030 report for its recommendations on...