Project Description

Return to challenges

Productivity

How can Australia develop a productive and resilient economy through innovation, greater industrial capacity and upskilling?

  • Government has emerged as a decisive strategic investor in Australia, helping shape markets to address complex policy challenges. How did it get here and what can it do next?

    Simon Rowell

  • Pauline McGuirk, Tom Baker, Alistair Sisson, Robyn Dowling & Sophia Maalsen

  • Ken Baldwin, Bruce Chapman & Glenn Withers

  • Ken Baldwin, Bruce Chapman & Glenn Withers

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  • Revenue-contingent loans for research-based start-ups could provide a sustainable model for boosting Australia’s R&D output.

    Ken Baldwin, Bruce Chapman & Glenn Withers

  • The path to optimal collaboration between policymakers and researchers is long and winding – but innovative new institutions are helping accelerate the journey.

    Peter Shergold

  • As Australia embraces a broader definition of national progress, we should use metrics that prioritise the wellbeing of the economy and society together.

    Jo-An Occhipinti