Description
Book SynopsisRecognising rapid changes in the global economy, environment and policy, the Australian Government engaged the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) to undertake detailed interdisciplinary research to help guide Australian thinking and policy decisions. This volume synthesises the major themes that emerge from ACOLA's reports.
Table of Contents
- Prologue (by Ian Chubb)
- Preface (by Michael N Barber)
- Introduction
- 1. Australia’s strengths – and a plan for a secure future
- 2. Engagement with Asia: time to be smarter
- 3. Boosting productivity with innovation and new technologies
- 4. Recharging education to power the nation
- 5. Green and clean: securing a sustainable future
- 6. Conclusion: challenges and opportunities for Australia
- Segue: Securing Australia’s Future Compendium (by Dr Alan Finkel)
- Appendix 1. Australia’s comparative advantage
- Appendix 2. STEM: Country comparisons: International comparisons of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education
- Appendix 3. Smart engagement with Asia: leveraging language, research and culture
- Appendix 4. The role of science, research and technology in lifting Australian productivity
- Appendix 5. Technology and Australia’s future: New technologies and their role in Australia’s security, cultural, democratic, social and economic systems
- Appendix 6. Engineering energy: unconventional gas production – A study of shale gas in Australia
- Appendix 7. Australia's agricultural future
- Appendix 8. Delivering sustainable urban mobility
- Appendix 9. Translating research for economic and social benefit: country comparisons
- Appendix 10. Skills and capabilities for Australian enterprise innovation
- Appendix 11. Australia’s diaspora advantage: realising the potential for building transnational business networks with Asia
- Index
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