DBrief Podcast by Australian Industry Group
DBrief, the business podcast from Australian Industry Group is for business people with a keen interest in understanding the connection between their individual business operation and the broader issues of Industry Development, Industry Policy and new government regulations.
Via an engaging and informal interview format, DBrief will investigate:
- What is happening in Industry Policy, and what does it mean?
- Where are these issues going, and what do I need to know?
- What do I need to think about and learn, in order to stay abreast of- or even ahead of- the emerging issues and developments?
By understanding the answers to these questions, business operators can stay ahead of changes and market movements, and be better prepared for Digitalisation, Decarbonisation and Diversification in their business and their market sector.
The podcast is designed to provide Australian Industry Group members and other business owners with a useful and timely insight into the changes in policy and regulations, and what is means for business.
DBrief Podcast by Australian Industry Group
DBrief: Fixing Australia’s innovation puzzle: Why our R&D system needs a rethink
In this episode of DBrief, Louise McGrath sits down with David Martin, Director for Innovation and Emerging Technologies at the Australian Industry Group, to unpack the Strategic Examination of Research and Development (SERD) - a once-in-a-generation review commissioned by Government but steered by an independent panel of industry leaders. The review takes a fresh look at how Australia supports research, innovation, and commercialisation.
They explore why Australia, despite its world-class research institutions, continues to lag behind in business R&D investment and commercialisation. The conversation covers:
- Why Australia’s venture capital market remains risk-averse and how that limits startups and scaleups.
- The 150+ fragmented government programs that confuse rather than connect.
- Proposals such as an Intellectual Property Bank to simplify how university-generated research reaches industry.
- The need for a Ministerial Council for Innovation to improve coordination between federal and state governments.
- How regulation, skills shortages, and short political cycles are stifling productivity and long-term innovation.
This discussion offers a candid look at the real barriers to innovation and what it will take for Australia to finally turn great ideas into great industries.
All three SERD submissions by the Australian Industry Group are available here.
