Tag: Roy Green

Roy Green on NISA’s breakdown

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is one year since the government issued its formal response to the 30 recommendations contained in Innovation and Science Australia’s report, Australia 2030: Prosperity through Innovation. It is...

Summer reading: Ultimate Guide

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Naughty or nice, people? If you haven’t asked yourself that question already, you have maybe left your run a little late. We are about to enter the land of...

Research ‘at risk’: MYEFO cuts

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian science and technology sector has been left “perplexed and disappointed” by the federal government’s “ram raid” cuts to research grants, with up to 500 PhD scholarships to...

Millennials not so entrepreneurial?

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A study has revealed that millennials are less entrepreneurial than other generations even though some the most successful people are part of that generation – think Mark Zuckerberg of...

Gloves are off: R&D tax debate

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Australia’s science and innovation community has been dudded by the Coalition’s 2018 budget reform of the R&D Tax Incentive scheme, with much less direct, targeted funding going back in...

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...

Howard Partners wins ISA tender

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The controversial Innovation and Science Australia tender seeking outside consultants to design a strategy to build Australia’s innovation ecosystem has been awarded to Howard Partners, a boutique agency based...

Aussie business’ mateship myth

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
The great Australian myth of mateship and working together to overcome adversity does not extend to business collaboration around innovation. According to the 2016 Australian Innovation System Report from...

Grim reality of Aussie innovation

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The latest report card on Australia’s business smarts describes a country that is good at employing innovative techniques but poor at producing the big value breakthroughs. The 2016 Australian...