The Innovation Policy Report is produced by the Department of Industry, and aims to highlight developments in the innovation policy area. It also includes reference to relevant innovation documents and events.

Library users conduct an increasing number of information searches online without the help of a librarian. The library’s discovery and access systems play an important role in helping users sift through and access the large amount of electronically published content. When these systems have to rely on poor-quality data, users face a major barrier to...

This paper outlines the challenges in working with satellite imagery data for crop area estimation, and presents some new approaches. Overview A key strategic goal for the ABS is to exploit emerging sources of data to either partially replace, supplement or validate existing data collections in order to reduce costs, improve quality and produce more...

With the volume of digital forensic evidence rapidly increasing, this paper proposes a data reduction and data mining framework that incorporates a process of reducing data volume by focusing on a subset of information. Foreword The volume of digital forensic evidence is rapidly increasing, leading to large backlogs. In this paper, a Digital Forensic Data...

A medical researcher for almost 45 years, Professor Suzanne Cory’s and her colleagues contributed to the watershed realisation that some of our genes are time bombs that may lead to cancer. In this first lecture Professor Cory reflects on where medical science has come from and where it is heading, drawing out implications for health...