Australia is again reviewing Australia’s innovation system – the Strategic Examination of R&D – and its apparent inability to contribute sufficiently to national economic development. Here Dr John Howard looks back at what we know from 25 years of such reviews. Australia’s ability to harness the full potential of its research and development (R&D) capacity…
On Monday Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic announced that the Chair of Tech Council of Australia and electric car maker Tesla would conduct a year-long Strategic Examination of Research and Development (R&D) in Australia, and why national effort has been falling. Here are Husic’s opening remarks announcing the review. “First, I just want to…
The Western Australian government has opened its Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct (AARP), billed as a ‘world class innovation hub to drive advancements in autonomous systems, robotics and zero-emissions technologies’. Located on 51 hectares north of Perth, the $28 million precinct offers state-of-the-art facilities to support local, national and global companies with testing and development…
Federal funding bodies supporting energy and industrial transformation should direct more funds towards early stage R&D to support innovation according to a new report from the Centre for Policy Development. The report – Ideas to industries: How to get the most out of public money for industrial development – said most of the funds from…
When the Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic revealed the latest budget estimates for R&D he claimed that ‘Gov’t R&D (was) up’. A detailed analysis of the figures by Dr John Howard confirms that government investment in R&D as a proportion of GDP was, in fact, down, with worrying trends also apparent in higher…
The federal government has issued an Australian Innovation Statistics (AIS) dashboard showing, according to the headline on the government’s media release, ‘Govt R&D up, overall R&D needs uplift’. The problem with this convenient analysis is that it belies the reality established in @AuManufacturing’s editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – of a national innovation effort…
@AuManufacturing News and public accounting, tax, consulting and business advisory BDO are pleased to launch the online version of our September 19 webinar – Towards 3% R&D – Where to from here?. Following on from our successful editorial series and e-book, a panel discussion is moderated by Peter Roberts, and features expert manufacturing leaders discussing…
Suspension component manufacturer Lovells Automotive Systems has opened a $1 million Research and Development (R&D) Facility in Edwardstown, Adelaide which will underpin the company’s vehicle dynamic stability testing capabilities. The company, which manufactures suspension components, original equipment (OEM) parts and aftermarket coil, and leaf springs, will use the facility to develop and test products through…
Incremental innovation rules for Serena Ross, the CEO of Circuitwise Electronics Manufacturing and one of our panellists at @AuManufacturing‘s webinar taking place this week on Thursday 19 September (more information and sign up here). Serena will discuss during the webinar Towards 3% R&D – Where to from here?, how Circuitwise has been able to triple…
Why do so many Australians oppose spending money to stimulate manufacturing? Why is it so prevalent to think ‘Australia is not good at making things’? And why do we launch $100 billion government programmes such as the NBN, but buy most if not all the technology from overseas? These are some of the questions that…
