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It will take more than being 'bouncy' to fix Australia's innovation system

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image"Be bouncy!" Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull exhorts University of Melbourne Vice Chancellor Glyn Davis. AAP/David Crosling

“You need to believe in yourself. Everyone I talk to thinks that the problem is that academics… their incentives are very much associated with publish or perish.

“I have to say to you as the Vice-Chancellor...

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