Collaborate or get leap-frogged by other economies, warns innovation chief

Thursday February 18, 2021

Australia needed to build a genuine “ecosystem” of innovation or risks its economy being “leap-frogged” by countries like Vietnam, one of the Palaszczuk Government’s top bureaucrats has warned.

“You don’t need to be a funky start-up.” Deputy Director-General of Tourism, Innovation and Sport Sarah Pearson.

Innovation lead and deputy director-general of the Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport Sarah Pearson said genuine innovation needed leadership, collaboration and connectivity to thrive.

She told a Committee for Brisbane function today…

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