Tag: NISA

Investment Council chief Yasser El-Ansary steps down

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The influential chief executive of the Australian Investment Council, Yasser El-Ansary, has stood down after nearly a decade in the role. The Council, which represents the Australian venture capital...

$8.5m for unis, tech companies to work globally

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Seven universities and three companies have shared in $8.5 million in federal R&D collaboration grants, with funded projects including portable sanitising stations to stop COVID-19 spread, turning grain crops...

Govt to review venture capital tax breaks

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has launched a review of the venture capital tax breaks introduced as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda in 2015. The review, to be...

Innovation Metrics Review, sunk without a trace

Posted on   |  by James Riley
An in-depth investigation of the way government measures outcomes in Australia’s innovation system conducted by the most senior of public sector advisors is missing in action, gathering dust somewhere,...

DTA Marketplace did not follow rules: Audit

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency did not follow procurement rules when establishing its Digital Marketplace and the processes behind it are “still not robust”, according to the national audit office....

Five years of innovation policy reporting

Posted on   |  by James Riley
When InnovationAus started publishing a weekly newsletter five years ago this week, Tony Abbott was the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull was the Communications Minister and Scott Morrison was the...

Malcolm Turnbull on the ‘cult of consultants’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Public Service has been so damaged by and so captive to a “cult of the consultant” that it no longer possessed the skills in-house to perform some...

Malcolm Turnbull and the innovation agenda

Posted on   |  by James Riley
For a signature policy that is clearly a source of great pride for former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the landmark National Innovation and Science Agenda is given surprisingly short...