The Australian Government's Innovation Report
The Australian Government's Innovation Report
The Australian Government's Innovation Report
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PRIORITY 3 – FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES FOR BUILDING AND TRANSFORMING AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIES 105<br />
Breakthrough science 105<br />
Frontier technologies 106<br />
Advanced materials 108<br />
Smart information use 109<br />
Promoting an innovation culture and economy 110<br />
PRIORITY 4 – SAFEGUARDING AUSTRALIA 113<br />
Critical infrastructure 113<br />
Understanding our region and the world 114<br />
Protecting Australia from invasive diseases and pests 115<br />
Protecting Australia from terrorism and crime 116<br />
Transformational defence technologies 118<br />
CHAPTER FOUR: AUSTRALIAN INNOVATION SCORECARD 121<br />
<strong>The</strong> indicators 121<br />
Main points of the 2006 <strong>Innovation</strong> Scorecard 122<br />
Australia’s innovation performance relative to the 2004 and 2002 Scorecards 125<br />
Summary of Australia’s innovation performance relative to OECD countries 127<br />
Summary of Australia’s innovation performance against each category 131<br />
Knowledge Creation 131<br />
Human Resources 133<br />
Finance 135<br />
Knowledge Diffusion 136<br />
Collaboration 138<br />
Market Outcomes 139<br />
Conclusions 142<br />
CHAPTER FIVE: MOVING FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE 143<br />
Key institutions 143<br />
Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and <strong>Innovation</strong> Council 143<br />
Commonwealth State and Territory Advisory Council on <strong>Innovation</strong> 144<br />
Chief Scientist 144<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> Research Council 145<br />
National Health and Medical Research Council 145<br />
<strong>The</strong> Industry Research and Development Board 145<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> Biotechnology Advisory Council 146<br />
Business/Industry/Higher Education Collaboration Council 147<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> Bureau of Statistics 148<br />
Informing the future 150<br />
House of Representatives Standing Committee Inquiry into Pathways to Technological <strong>Innovation</strong> 150<br />
Productivity Commission’s Review of Public Support for Science and <strong>Innovation</strong> 150<br />
Backing Australia’s Ability Evaluation Plan 151<br />
APPENDICES 153<br />
6 Backing Australia’s Ability