The Innovation Policy Report aims to highlight developments in the innovation policy area. It also includes reference to relevant innovation documents and events.

Purpose The purpose of this issues paper is to identify changes that need to be made to the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) specifications in order to better accommodate the transformative shift to online publication of research. The paper examines how well the existing HERDC specifications concerning research publications embrace research published electronically. Ultimately...

In February 2011, the then Steel Industry Innovation Council endorsed the need to map steel industry related research programs across tertiary institutions and research organisations in Australia. This reflected the industry-wide concern that while steel fabrication related innovation and research is being undertaken by Australian universities and research organisations, links to industry to effectively deploy...

This paper provides an overview of the Australian and global pharmaceuticals industries, a discussion of the barriers and drivers to global and Australian industry, a strategic framework for how the industry will achieve a sustainable future and recommendations to achieve this. The Strategy Group will provide its final report to the Minister by the end...

This background paper provides information on the history, structure and economic significance of the car industry, and has been issued as part of a review of the industry, chaired by the former Victorian premier Steve Bracks, to assess challenges, overcome barriers to success and to identify and maximise new opportunities.