What impressed me about Mr Roy was his deep
optimism he had for Australia's future as a global
leader in innovation. And, he warned
against becoming a clone of San Francisco's
Silicon Valley.

An article in The Sydney Morning Herald gave
the following quote of Mr Roy's:

"We have to create something that is uniquely
Australian," he said, arguing our lifestyle
would attract the "best and brightest," to our
shores.

The front bencher also spoke of the need for a
"cultural change."

"We need to embrace more risk, we need to accept failure,
we need to celebrate success," he said.

Mr Roy also told the "Q and A," audience (quoting from the
the Sydney Morning Herald article) that the real success
of the government's role in supporting innovation would
be how well it generated private sector involvement.
Using an Old El Paso TV commercial - in which a young
girl decides her family can eat both soft and hard tacos.
Mr Roy argued the government could foster both university
and private sector innovation projects.

"Why can't we have both?" he said.

Impressive young Minister!

Foxy,

I've got to rush...however...

The "innovation" ..."#ideasboom" neds to be more than an optimistic slogan.

So far, that's all this govt has provided.

What's innovative about slashing funding to the CSIRO?

What's innovative about Turnbull's crappy NBN, now double the cost, outdated and aiding our slump in net speeds from 30th worldwide to 60th?

What's innovative about slashing funding for education to the states?

What's innovative in encouraging private training providers and trashing TAFE?...(noting that a private training company goes bust lately at the rate of about one a week)

Give me a concrete example of an area where the govt has sought to be innovative and has actually had an impact - and I mean a positive one for the community.

I believe the AFP have questioned Roy on his innovative involvement in the Peter Slipper affair...but that doesn't count.

Reward success, now there's a laugh.

We currently reward success with the likes of ridiculous workcover premiums and payroll tax. Yep, if that's a reward i'd hate to see their interpretation of punishment for being successful and creating jobs.

What a joke those calling for innovation are. They forget doing business here in Oz is handicapped.

Rewarding for success is not the government's role; success brings its own rewards. What the government should be doing is making it easier to succeed.

Dear Poirot,

Here is a link that explains the government's
National Innovation and Science Agenda:

http://www.innovation.gov.au

It's worth a read.

Thanks, Foxy...I have seen it before, and I'm not about to re-read the govt's vacuous waffle.

How's this for innovation?

Back to a taxing system of the 1940s!

Poor old Mal is off in desperation having a Prince Phil moment - talking of handing income taxing powers to the states. I wonder if he told ScoMo?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-30/verrender-turnbull's-new-tax-pitch-doesn't-fix-the-real-issue/7284622

"If these changes are adopted, Australia will shift towards an American style system, where states tax individuals at different rates. It's hardly a recipe for reducing red tape. It has the potential to put smaller states such as South Australia and Tasmania at a huge disadvantage. And then there is the obvious question: Are America's health care and education systems superior to ours?"

Still, it's the 7th item on the IPA's wishlist, so it's not surprising to see it slathered up before the budget.

More rubbish from the LNP.