Tag: Sandy Plunkett

Australia 2024: Before renewal, there must be a reckoning

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
This time next year, will we define 2024 as a year of renewal or reckoning for Australian industry and innovation policy, action, and output? The federal government, entering the...

Regulation is the New New Thing in tech

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
Tech in the 2020’s is a fascinating and complex beast. Innovation is still a key driver of its insatiable appetites, as we see in real time by the new...

Ho Ho Ho: Our ultimate guide to Summer Reading

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In keeping with long-standing tradition and to get us into a Ho Ho Ho vibe for the Christmas break, I present to you the annual InnovationAus.com Summer Reading List....

In search of a thriving, informed democracy

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
As a kid growing up in rural NSW in the 1970’s, watching Irish Comedian Dave Allen on ABC TV was a family event. One sketch I remember vividly: Allen,...

Education policy not fit for any age

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
The great English philosopher and satirist John Alexander Smith once addressed the entering class at Oxford with the advice that the sole purpose of an education is to be...

Tributes flow for digital icon Shetler

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Public sector, business and political leaders have paid tribute to the Australian Government’s former digital tsar Paul Shetler for his contribution in driving new thinking in this country in...

Summer Reading Bonanza 2019

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Ho Ho Ho merry readers and welcome to your ultimate guide to summer reading. It’s bloody hot outside Australia! So keep yourselves well hydrated – I recommend mango daiquiris...