Tag: innovation

Open door policy for Avi Hasson

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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...

Hanauer on the sharing economy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Nick Hanauer is that zillionaire guy from Seattle who upset a bunch of people at his local zillionaire’s club a couple of years ago by running a campaign to...

Research funding gets a makeover

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Whatever the government has planned for its Innovation Statement – expected before Christmas – it will almost certainly contain some long-term thinking around research funding and how it is...

Ailments in our innovation system

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Senate committee looking at the Australian Innovation System has published its interim report, outlining a troublingly stubborn list of ailments that undermine the nation’s productivity and economic performance....

Making innovation effective

Posted on   |  by Paul Cheever
A little while ago I had a social conversation with a corporate executive who advised his company had an innovation program but it didn’t seem to click.  As he...

Wyatt Roy to host policy hackathon

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In this exclusive interview, freshly-minted Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy told InnovationAus.com that he will host a weekend ‘government hackathon,’ drawing together the disparate interests of the tech...

Part 2: Turnbull charm offensive

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InnovationAus.com foreshadowed two candidates for the Communications portfolio; and one of them was successful. Senator Fifield comes with the background of having been the Communications Portfolio representative in the...

The Turnbull charm offensive

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Prime Minister Turnbull has announced his new Ministry, and in doing so continued his charm offensive. Referring to his Government as a 21st century one was yet another reference...

Turnbull moves digital to PM&C

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has made good on his promise of putting innovation at the heart of his economic narrative, moving key chunks of government’s digital framework into Department...