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Tough decisions time for Canberra

Bob Hawke helped make Australia’s economy globally competitive by making the tough but necessary choice of opening it up to the world. There is no simply denying that, more...

Innovation Centre shuts its doors

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
An innovation centre that has been operating for more than 25 years has shut its doors for good as things get tough for small consultancies operating in the tech...

Qld innovation policy reviewed

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Queensland government will review the state’s current innovation policy in a move to ensure any future programs are prepared for future economic, social, and community challenges caused by...

Long-termism is a policy imperative

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
This week the first trailer for the movie every tech-head has been waiting for popped up. I’m talking about the sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner,...

Greg Hunt rings in policy changes

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Greg Hunt has revealed much in the past week about how he intends to run the industry portfolio, opting to taking on more direct charge of the breadth of...

Innovation think tank closes doors

Posted on   |  by James Riley
After almost six years of operation, the Australian Institute for Innovation (a2i) has closed its doors, having reached the end of its operational funding. The think tank formed in...

Thodey: We must be bolder, faster

Posted on   |  by James Riley
For all of the loud and powerful corporate voices who are comfortable telling government and the rest of us what to do, there is one that is trusted above...

Time to rethink value creation

Posted on   |  by Pete Cooper
Humans learn and create value for themselves and society in weird ways. Learning usually doesn’t actually require lots of money. It is more about passion, a natural approach and...

Hackett: Policy tempo still lags

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Veteran Aussie tech entrepreneur Simon Hackett says we need to vastly raise the tempo of innovation policy to make venture capital work properly in this country as he wrangles...

Why Bill Shorten won’t get elected

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Bill Shorten and his team have a spring in their step and feel they have a whiff of a chance of rolling the Turnbull Government at the coming election....