Kylie Walker

Kylie Walker is Visiting Fellow at the National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University, and Chief Executive Officer at the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

Smart industry robot arms for digital factory manufacturing, Industry 4.0
Politics

More innovation and diversity is needed in tech if the government really wants a ‘future made in Australia’

- May 17, 2024 3 MIN READ

This year’s federal budget is making up for decades of lost time – both in our clean energy transition and in betting on new technological breakthroughs. The Future Made in Australia Act holds tantalising potential for building Australian science, research and development. The aim is to turn Australia into an innovation and clean technology superpower.… Read more »

Ed Husic
Politics

Here’s what the 2023 budget promises for Australian science and innovation

- May 11, 2023 3 MIN READ

Australian innovation has the capacity to protect us – our environment, our digital world, our borders and our health. All of these are focuses of this year’s federal budget. But the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) sector has been sounding the alarm for years that our research system is in crisis. Reviews in progress… Read more »