This report outlines a national science communication strategy, drawing on consultations with a wide range of science communicators, educators, journalists and scientists in all states and territories. Its key findings are that: • Communicating science effectively is important in achieving an innovative Australia and that national leadership and coherent action are required. • Australia is...

This report outlines a strategic vision for the Australian automotive industry developed in consultation with unions, companies and suppliers in automotive industry. The report is the first phase of a "comprehensive technology roadmap", which is identifying and mapping the industry’s capabilities and needs to 2020 and beyond.

This report outlines a policy framework to guide the development of Australia’s innovation system over the next ten years. According to the report, innovation will make Australia more productive and increase our capacity to build new industries, attract new investment, and create new jobs – both now and in the decades to come. It also...

In this address to the National Press Club, the innovation minister stresses that the humanities, arts and social sciences are absolutely central to the innovation process, for four reasons. First, they drive innovation themselves:especially the kind of incremental, process innovation that frequently goes unnoticed;especially in the service sector; andoften in unexpected ways I love the...

According to the report, the architecture of Australia’s existing national innovation system is now a generation old and requires an urgent re-appraisal and re-structuring. Its 72 recommendations range across the components of an effective system, focusing on innovation in business, strengthening people and skills, excellence in national research, information and market design, and taxation.