Tag: research

Telstra doubles up on new labs

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Telstra has opened a new R&D facility in Melbourne, and unveiled a joint venture with US transformation specialist Pivotal to build cloud software in Sydney. Australia’s largest telco made...

Innovation Index: what a crock

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In releasing its strategy document Australia’s Innovation Catalyst the CSIRO has described the document as “its masterplan to improve Australia’s record in innovation and help the country respond to...

Industry must drive collaboration

Posted on   |  by James Riley
One challenge for Christopher Pyne’s panel reviewing research commercialisation is getting the business community to acknowledge its poor performance on business-university collaboration. While the OECD rates Australia as last...

Creating better research returns

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Chris Pyne’s higher education research review addresses a familiar problem in Australia that has been looking for a long term solution for decades. That is, the nation produces some...

Opposition grows to R&D cuts

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The Government’s proposed 1.5 per cent cut to its R&D tax rebate has passed the House of Representatives, but hopes remain among the measure’s many opponents that it will...