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		<title>ACT Government collaborates to its advantage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia is hosting the next G20 summit in 2014 &#8211; but a location has not been decided. Well ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has basically stitched things up with a very intelligent play. The background is that Canberra has not got a big enough venue nor the accommodation for such an event. So she has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentinnovation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1886463&amp;post=1389&amp;subd=investmentinnovation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SCG upgrade establishes precedent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gillard Government recently announced a $50 million contribution towards the $186 million upgrade of the Sydney Cricket Ground. The other parties are the NSW Government ($86 million) and the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust ($50 million) Is federal expenditure of this level justified? Or is pork barreling? It’s tricky, because the SCG is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentinnovation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1886463&amp;post=1385&amp;subd=investmentinnovation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are local councils game to support community clubs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are in the middle of a fascinating political play. Thinking Australians agree that the influence of poker machines is way too large. But the club associations representing the thousands of clubs acrossAustraliaare leading them like lemmings over the cliff. And the politicians kowtowing to such political pressure should hang their heads in shame. What [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentinnovation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1886463&amp;post=1381&amp;subd=investmentinnovation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canberra out of touch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Example – politicians’ salaries The Remuneration Tribunal&#8217;s recommendation for huge pay rises for politicians has been accepted without amendment. It involves a 31% pay rise for PM Gillard and huge increases for ministers, shadow ministers and backbenchers. Even the top departmental heads get an extra $200k. Public servants down the ladder are actually poring scorn [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentinnovation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1886463&amp;post=1375&amp;subd=investmentinnovation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s defence industrial policy for national security</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arvin Jelliss (Ottawa) has forwarded an interesting item by Tim Page president of Canadian Association of Defence &#38; Security Industries (CADSI). Harper government has taken steps to rebuildCanada&#8217;s defence and security brand internationally e.g. Canada First Defence Strategy. Government also commissioned a special report on innovation and defence procurement from an expert panel &#8211; Canada [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentinnovation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1886463&amp;post=1373&amp;subd=investmentinnovation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Seville conference sponsored by the OECD, European Commission and Government of Andalusia in November was instructive at numerous levels. Rod Brown of the Cockatoo Network gave a paper proposing that Spanish and EC stakeholders start getting serious about linking with clusters in Asia,North Americaand elsewhere via the Sunrise Project.  Conference highlights were: Sectors that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentinnovation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1886463&amp;post=1371&amp;subd=investmentinnovation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Competitive Cities in the 21st Century</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Brian Roberts has informed us of the release of his latest work, co-authored with the late KyeongAe Choe. The book is basically about clusters inAsia and it is an absolute treasure trove! The background is that economic challenges in developing Asian countries are now more complex &#8211; urban populations are growing at great cost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentinnovation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1886463&amp;post=1369&amp;subd=investmentinnovation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blueprint Mississippi: Capitalizing on the Creative Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CraftNet Sketches has alerted us to a document that is very timely in view of the need for many regions to find new growth areas. The Mississippi Economic Council has developed a collaborative vision for moving the state’s economy and community forward &#8211; known as Blueprint Mississippi 2011 it has led to goals and recommendations on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentinnovation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1886463&amp;post=1367&amp;subd=investmentinnovation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rural not synonymous with economic decline, says OECD</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Huge regional variations in economic and social conditions within a country require a rethink of the way governments design policies to boost growth and jobs, says a new OECD report. The economic crisis has hit some areas far harder than others. The OECD’s first Regional Outlook calls on policy makers to pay greater attention to regional factors [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentinnovation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1886463&amp;post=1365&amp;subd=investmentinnovation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Industrial Transformation Research Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a new $236 million program to harness university expertise to retool manufacturing and create new skilled jobs. The plan is to: Sponsor up to 20 research hubs in fields such as engineering, communications, nanotechnology, metals, food, energy, textiles, building and automotive. Fund up to 50 training centres, putting 600 PhD students and postdocs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentinnovation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1886463&amp;post=1363&amp;subd=investmentinnovation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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