(Last Reviewed :  11/11/2008  )

The Review of the National Innovation System has now been completed. The report of the Review, Venturous Australia - building strength in innovation, and associated materials, can be accessed below.

Report on the Review of the National Innovation System

Venturous Australia - building strength in innovation    pdf version (3MB)  rtf version (1.7MB)
Report overview and recommendations   pdf version (1MB)  rft format (281KB)

Creative Commons License
At the request of the Chair of the Expert Panel, Venturous Australia is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License. Disclaimer

Individual chapters can be downloaded below.

Overview   pdf version (436KB)  rtf version (80KB)
Chapter 1 - stalling not sprinting   pdf version (434KB)  rtf version (89KB)
Chapter 2 - the national innovation system   pdf version (566KB)  rtf version (82KB)
Chapter 3 - innovation in business   pdf version (230KB)  rtf version (91KB)
Chapter 4 - the case for a public role in innovation   pdf version (191KB)  rtf version (54KB)
Chapter 5 - strengthening people and skills   pdf version (259KB)  rtf version (133KB)
Chapter 6 - building excellence in national research   pdf version (331KB)  rtf version (124KB)
Chapter 7 - information and market design   pdf version (244KB)  rtf version (125KB)
Chapter 8 - tax and innovation   pdf version (256KB)  rtf version (88KB)
Chapter 9 - market facing programs   pdf version (424KB)  rtf version (107KB)
Chapter 10 - innovation in government   pdf version (350KB)  rtf version (97KB)
Chapter 11 - national priorities for innovation (191KB)   pdf version (191KB)  rtf version (51KB)
Chapter 12 - governance of the innovation system   pdf version (344KB)  rtf version (124KB)
Recommendations   pdf version (224KB)  rtf version (202KB)
Appendix   pdf version (217KB)  rtf version (199KB)
Glossary   pdf version (109KB)  rtf version (82KB)

Review of the Cooperative Research Centres Program
As part of the review process, a separate review of the Cooperative Research Centres was undertaken. The report from that Review - Collaborating to a purpose - is available below. 

 Collaborating to a purpose (1.1MB) - Print Friendly version
 Collaborating to a purpose - (1 MB) - HTML version

Comments on the Review of the Cooperative Research Centres Program can be found here.

Annexes
These annexes provide further information in support of some chapters in the main report. The number of the annex reflects the report chapter to which the additional information applies.


Commenting on the Review of the National Innovation System

Comments on the Review report can be made up until 30 September 2008. These comments will not be made public.

THE DEADLINE FOR PROVIDING COMMENTS ON THE REVIEW HAS NOW PASSED

 

Contact the Review Secretariat

For enquiries regarding the Review please email the Secretariat. 

 

Media Centre

  • A copy of Minister Carr's press release regarding the release of venturousaustralia is available here. 
  • A transcript of the media conference to release venturousaustralia is available here.
  • A copy of Minister Carr's speech to the Committee for Melbourne 'Review of the National Innovation System Report - Venturous Australia'  is available here.
  • A copy of Minister Emerson's press release regarding the release of venturousaustralia is available here.
  • A copy of Dr Cutler's press release regarding the release of venturousaustralia is available here. 
  • A copy of the Minister's press release regarding the release of Collaborating to a purpose is available here.


Additional Materials


Submissions

Submissions to the Review will continue to be made available, and can be accessed below.

A Call for Submissions (336KB) (the submission issues paper)

A content analysis undertaken by Prof. Mark Dodgson of the University of Queensland, using Leximancer software to identify the main themes, concepts and ideas identified in submissions to the Review.

An analysis of submissions to the Review undertaken by the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.


An Innovative View of Innovation

 

 Sometimes pictures and cartoon commentary gives us novel and
 challenging insights.

 Melbourne cartoonist, FirstDogontheMoon, provides his
 perspective on innovation in the innovation cartoon gallery.