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The Turnbull government’s ‘ideas boom’ is not that dissimilar to innovation plans that have come before it. Mick Tsikas/AAP

May 4, 2016

Turnbull still hasn’t sold us on the innovation dream

Mark Dodgson, The University of Queensland

For many, innovation is perceived as a precursor to more unwelcome changes at work and potentially to job losses, but innovation is about more than increasing corporate profits.

All eyes are now on Malcolm Turnbull to help deliver on his pitch to transition the economy. Sam Mooy/AAP

May 4, 2016

Budget does little to help ‘transition’ the economy

Roy Green, University of Technology Sydney; Beth Webster, Swinburne University of Technology; Marek Kowalkiewicz, Queensland University of Technology; Rowena Barrett, Queensland University of Technology, and Shahid M Shahiduzzaman, Queensland University of Technology

We have to look very hard to find the "ideas boom" in this budget.

Tanya Monro (left), Emma Johnston (centre) and Nalini Joshi (right) at the National Press Club. National Press Club of Australia

April 1, 2016

If we really want an ideas boom, we need more women at the top tiers of science

Emma Johnston, UNSW; Nalini Joshi, University of Sydney, and Tanya Monro, University of South Australia

If we want a genuine ideas boom in Australia, then we need to remove the barriers preventing women from reaching the highest levels in science.

No, it’s not Melbourne or Sydney. Florian Rohart/Flickr

March 22, 2016

Location, location, location: what’s holding back an Australian ideas boom

Alan Duncan, Curtin University; Rebecca Cassells, Curtin University, and Steven Bond-Smith, Curtin University

Any government policy focused on innovation must recognise the importance of proximity.

It takes businesses of all size to drive research and development. Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

March 1, 2016

Rethinking ‘small’ business could drive a real ideas boom

Roman Lanis, University of Technology Sydney and Prabhu Sivabalan, University of Technology Sydney

Using tax incentives to motivate innovation is more nuanced than governments sometimes assume.

The National Library of Australia safeguards one of Australia’s most important living archives. Paul Hagon

February 26, 2016

Treasure Trove: why defunding Trove leaves Australia poorer

Mike Jones, University of Melbourne and Deb Verhoeven, Deakin University

Australia has one of the world's best reference libraries, available freely to anyone with an internet connection. Severe funding cuts will cripple Trove's capacity – and that should worry everyone.

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Tanya Monro
Deputy Vice Chancellor Research & Innovation, University of South Australia
Roy Green
Dean of UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
Mark Dodgson
Director, Technology and Innovation Management Centre, The University of Queensland
Emma Johnston
Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), UNSW
Alan Duncan
Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and Bankwest Research Chair in Economic Policy, Curtin University
Deb Verhoeven
Professor and Chair of Media and Communication, Deakin University
Nalini Joshi
Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney
Beth Webster
Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Roman Lanis
Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
Rebecca Cassells
Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
Marek Kowalkiewicz
Professor and PwC Chair in Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology
Prabhu Sivabalan
Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
Mike Jones
Consultant Research Archivist, University of Melbourne
Steven Bond-Smith
Research Fellow, Bankwest-Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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