The Topic

Our Victorian team will be invest­ig­at­ing ways to nurture and promote greater innov­a­tion in the devel­op­ment of new tech­no­lo­gies in Australia. We believe that this could not only alle­vi­ate some of our domestic eco­nomic prob­lems, but also allow Australia to con­trib­ute to the res­ol­u­tion of global con­cerns such as climate change. Australia is now in a time of high prosper­ity, due in a large part to our mining and resources boom.

We need to secure other sources of income to sup­ple­ment our rich resource base. We also want to ensure Australia’s sci­ent­ists, engin­eers and other innov­at­ors are provided viable incent­ives to stay here, rather than being pushed out of our country.