Innovation 

Innovation is the key to making Australia more productive and more competitive. It is the key to answering the challenge of climate change, the challenge of national security, the age-old challenges of disease and want. It is the key to creating a future that is better than the past.

Our capacity for invention and discovery depends on the strength of our national innovation system. This is the system we use to harness the creativity of our people. It is the system we rely on to transform great ideas into great results for the community, the economy and the environment. Genius is wasted if you can’t capture it and apply it to the real world. That’s what the national innovation system does.

These pages will provide information on innovation and the Australian Government's 10 year innovation strategy, Powering Ideas.

The site is divided into five areas:

• Contacts - Innovation Division contact information
• Councils and Forums - information on innovation councils and forums
• Policy - information on innovation policy and important policy documents and links to other innovation sites
• Public Sector Innovation - information on activities in public sector innovation, including blogs and twitter
• Reports and Studies - important reports and studies that inform the innovation debate

For information on specific innovative industries please see the Industry pages.