Will the government's $2.2bn, 10-year plan get a better return on Australian research? It all depends on changing the culture
- Written by: Jared Mondschein, Senior Research Fellow, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Over the past few years, the Morrison government has made A$2 billion funding commitments to everything from the critical minerals and rare earths industry to bushfire recovery. Now the government has made yet another $2 billion announcement of an “action plan to supercharge research commercialisation”. It’s a longstanding...