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Science

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Innovation Policy Report: September 2014


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.
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Science and society


Professor Brian Schmidt, a Nobel Prize winning astronomer and physicist, addresses a number of key issues confronting Australian scientists and researchers. To what extent should science be directed and the outcomes tailored to meet the commercial needs of industry and business or are there better returns to be made from basic science where sometimes the...
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CCAP Comprehensive Carbon Assessment Program


Details the findings of the Comprehensive Carbon Assessment Program (CCAP) in improving the estimation of above-ground and below-ground biomass accumulation.
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Facilitating the use of research in policy development and implementation


Three research projects funded by VCCCAR were selected to study research-to-policy interventions that might better facilitate the use of their respective results. These case studies were selected because they had progressed to a point that aligned with the time table of our “Research-to-Policy” project and they were amenable to interventions that might facilitate knowledge use.