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National Science Statement does little to bring industry and researchers together

  • Written by Beth Webster, Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology

The Australian Government released a National Science Statement yesterday – the punchline being it will announce a new plan sometime this year. Aside from appointing a very able, experienced and articulate Chief Scientist (Dr Alan Finkel), we have seen in recent years remarkably little in the form of actual policies to transform Australian...

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