Tag: innovation

Benchmarks a key to innovation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Simply spending corporate funds on traditional research and development programs is not the best path towards business innovation, said PwC Partner Aaron LePoidevin. Instead, organisations need to embark on...

Westacott on our sleepy future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
After 26 years of uninterrupted economic growth, Australian business is asleep at the wheel warns Jennifer Westacott, chief executive of the Business Council of Australia. Unlike other nations which...

Qld attempts to fix the internet

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Dampened by the federal government’s lacklustre efforts so far to roll out the National Broadband Network to regional parts of the state, the Queensland government is exploring whether it...

All quiet on the Vic ICT front

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian government says its ICT Strategy is still a core focus despite remaining mostly silent on its progress and implementation since its launch more than a year ago....

The negative effect of Govt R&D

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
Government research and development spending gets trumped by academic R&D when it comes to positive economic spill-over effects on business R&D, a new study has revealed. Academic R&D expenditure...

Vic budget lands $90m tech boost

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Victorian Government’s push to attract large international tech firms to set up shop in Melbourne has received a $90 million boost as part of the state’s 2017-18 budget....

Gladys’ reshuffle good for tech

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
The shock departure of NSW Premier Mike Baird and the ascension of Gladys Berejiklian has produced a raft of changes on the ministerial decks, with former innovation minister Victor...

Govt has forgotten how to govern

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Innovation and Science Australia’s decision to appoint an outside consulting house to design a strategy to build Australia’s innovation eco-system is baffling and denigrates the public service resources available...

A-minus for our first tech PM

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
If a week is a long time in politics, spare thought for the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who has now been in the job for a year. His expert...