Manufacturing security

As the geopolitical landscape continues to shift, Australia must be able to sustain itself and contribute advanced capabilities by improving its much-reduced industrial capability.

Australia’s strategic blindspot

Australia’s transition to a post-industrial society has left it vulnerable to economic, social, and strategic shocks and so, to secure its future in an increasingly contested region, Australia must prioritise strategic reindustrialisation.

Industrial policy won’t cure COVID woes

COVID-19 has seen governments unleash a fresh wave of industry policy as politicians abandon markets to boost their preferred industries, but it may end up doing more harm than good.

Australia must innovate to prosper and thrive

In his address to the National Press Club, Bill Ferris explains why innovation should be celebrated and encouraged in Australia, not feared or tiptoed around like some “elephant in the room”.