Innovation should mean solutions that work for everyone, not just economists.
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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.
We have to look very hard to find the “ideas boom” in this budget.
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.
Any government policy focused on innovation must recognise the importance of proximity.
Using tax incentives to motivate innovation is more nuanced than governments sometimes assume.
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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Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney
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Executive Director, QUT Entrepreneurship, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Vice Chancellor Research & Innovation, Adelaide University
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Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) and John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor and City of Melbourne Chair in Resilient Cities, The University of Melbourne
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Innovator in Residence, University of Oxford and Emeritus Professor, School of Business, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization, University of Hawaii
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Professor and Founding Director of QUT Centre for the Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Fellow, Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology
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Australian Academy of Science
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Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Sydney