Category: Made in Australia
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Manufacturing Innovation Precincts
Innovation Precincts 50 years of low support for local industries can do a lot to discourage innovation. So it is a good thing to see the federal government putting some thought behind how to stimulate local industry growth instead of stifling it. I personally think they have hit on a good formula this time. The…
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SEMIP Innovation Showcase 2012
SEMIP Today I was at the SEMIP Innovation Showcase 2012. If you aren’t aware, SEMIP is the South East Melbourne Innovation Precinct and aims to improve collaboration between manufacturers in Melbourne’s South East and Research and Innovation providers, principally the CSIRO and the Tertiary Institutes and Universities. I took some notes and thought I’d…
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Australian Manufacturing Jobs
Australian Manufacturing Jobs In some recent conversations it became clear to me that most people I talk to in Australia don’t understand both how large the Australian Manufacturing sector is or how critical manufacturing is to Australian Employment and Australian Financial Prosperity. In Modern Economies Need Manufacturing I cited research by Professor Goran Roos…
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Modern Economies Need Manufacturing
Professor Goran Roos As well as being the Thinker in Residence for South Australia, Professor Goran Roos is considered one of the 20 most significant thinkers of the 21st Century. This morning he was presenting his views on Australian Manufacturing to a combined breakfast meeting of the South East Business Network and SEMMA. So…