Tag: National Innovation and Science Agenda

post-image

White flag raised on innovation

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...

‘Not satisfied’: DTA marketplace

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Digital Transformation Agency chief executive Gavin Slater has conceded he is “not satisfied” with the performance of its Digital Marketplace and has signaled an expansion of the scope of...

Petre: Move fast or we’re screwed

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Daniel Petre has a stark warning for Australia; we need to take innovation very very seriously, very very soon. “I think this is the last chance we have got....

New calls for govt VC fund

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A number of high-profile members of the Australian investor and tech sectors are calling on the government to establish its own venture capital fund to back local entrepreneurs and...

Regions need an incubator boost

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Fed up with seeing all the attention from the government shine on urban-based accelerators and incubators, Wollongong University’s iAccelerate has teamed up with other regional incubators to figure out...

NISA: What goes next matters

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Two years after Malcolm Turnbull unveiled the much-heralded $1.1 billion innovation statement, advocacy groups and the Opposition are calling on the government to reaffirm its commitment to the startup...

NISA has a second birthday

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is two years and several Industry ministers after the Prime Minister unveiled with great fanfare his signature $1.1 billion National Innovation and Science Agenda, and the government is...

Shocking lack of angel investor data

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has released the first statistics on the effectiveness of its $100 million angel investor tax incentives scheme introduced nearly 18 months ago. Advocacy group StartupAus has...

NISA critique is way too harsh

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Auditor-General’s recent review of the design and monitoring of the National Innovation and Science Agenda risks throwing out the outcome baby with the process bathwater. Industry development policy...

Morrison rejects rogue NISA audit

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Treasurer Scott Morrison has rejected a damning Australian National Audit Office’s (ANAO) evaluation of the Turnbull Government’s signature National Innovation and Science Agenda, saying there was “plenty of evidence”...