Seminal Difference

One seminal difference in policy remains; the 1 has not matched what is Labor's most important innovation promise. That is to bring together responsibilities for innovation, industry, science and research under one single federal minister. Innovation responsibilities 2 lie within the powerful Department of Education and Science, and while there is a 3 industry department, it has little influence within Cabinet. This has 4 policy development and given Australia's innovation policies a distinct science and research 5 . It is the scientists rather than the engineers who call the tune in innovation policy in Canberra, so it's no surprise our policies are all about boosting government funded research and later 6 their results.