Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Indigenous Centre of Entrepreneurship to open in July
First 5000 | June 16, 2018The Barayamal Centre of Entrepreneurship will open its doors for business in Brisbane’s West End in July. The new Centre will support First Nations startups and businesses and help create jobs for First Nations people around Australia.
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Key ways the Federal Budget can help our innovators shine
Brian Boyle | May 6, 2018The Vice Chancellor of Enterprise at UNSW offers two pathways the Federal Government could take in the forthcoming budget to allow Australia to compete with more determination in the world’s $1.6 trillion innovation market.
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The best business podcasts
First 5000 | April 3, 2018Whether you’re driving to work, walking the dogs, pounding out a run or just relaxing at home, podcasts offer some of the best entertainment and information to be had today. There are many business podcasts on offer, and here are some of the best, including a humorous look at business life down under.
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Nominate your firm for the 2018 Telstra Business Awards
First 5000 | February 10, 2018Nominations for the 2018 Telstra Business Awards are now open until the end of March, allowing Australia’s remarkable small and medium-sized businesses to seek recognition for their ability to find new solutions and ways of working.
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No clear target in Australia’s 2030 national innovation report
Leigh Dayton | February 4, 2018Australia’s new roadmap for innovation is more of a sketch with detours, dead ends, and red lights which should be green.
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Innovation plan plots the right course, but getting there will be harder
Innes Willox | February 3, 2018The goals set in Innovation and Science Australia’s new strategic plan contain much good sense and industry looks forward to working with the Government, academia and the community to put the plan into action.
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Australia must innovate to prosper and thrive
Bill Ferris | February 1, 2018In his address to the National Press Club, Bill Ferris explains why innovation should be celebrated and encouraged in Australia, not feared or tiptoed around like some “elephant in the room”.
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ISA presents its innovation roadmap for 2030
First 5000 | January 30, 2018The 2030 innovation strategy released by Innovation and Science Australia includes a target to ensure a third of government procurement is awarded to SMEs by 2022.
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Australian firms invited to submit quantum tech proposals
First 5000 | January 29, 2018After Professor Michelle Simmons’ recognition as Australian of the Year for her work in quantum computing, the Government has announced new Defence opportunities for Australian firms.
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Outsourcing v offshoring: Let’s clear up the confusion
Stephen Barnes | January 13, 2018The ideas of ‘outsourcing’ and ‘offshoring’ are often used interchangeably, but understanding the difference between the two concepts is vital to efficient business planning.
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How to put the ‘M’ back in ‘SME’
Jana Matthews | December 26, 2017The ‘start-up boom’ might grab the headlines, but it masks the problem of a declining number of medium-sized companies in Australia. To reverse this long term trend, small firms must be encouraged to grow.
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The best business books of the year
First 5000 | December 25, 2017Happy Christmas! What did Santa leave in your stocking this year? If it was only more socks, then here are some suggestions for books to while away the holidays.
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Cooperative Research Council review
Tony Peacock | December 19, 2017Dr Tony Peacock, the Chief Executive Officer of the Cooperative Research Centres Association, offers a fascinating insight into the process of lodging a business proposal for scientific research alongside an update on current activities.
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A glass half full?
First 5000 | December 8, 2017Almost half of Australia’s businesses are innovating in every industrial sector, but the Government’s drive to create a national ‘ideas boom’ may have stalled.
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Speed, market vision and reinvention – CSIRO’s vision for the future
Larry Marshall | December 5, 2017CSIRO CEO Larry Marshall explains the impressive past, hard working present and exciting future of science driven innovation in Australia.