{"id":10023,"date":"2021-01-25T09:59:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T09:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=10023"},"modified":"2021-01-25T09:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T09:59:10","slug":"nsw-action-plan-to-turn-ideas-into-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/01\/25\/nsw-action-plan-to-turn-ideas-into-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW ACTION PLAN TO TURN IDEAS INTO JOBS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research and development will become a key jobs creator in NSW as the Government launches a bold new plan to make the State an R&D world leader.
\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian today launched the\u00a0Turning Ideas into Jobs \u2013 Accelerating Research & Development in NSW Action Plan.<\/em>
\nThe report, which was delivered to the Premier by her Parliamentary Secretary Gabrielle Upton, is the NSW Government\u2019s first significant step towards reforming the R&D sector.
\n\u201cThe pandemic has reinforced to us the power of collaboration,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.
\n\u201cThe private sector, academia and the NSW Government collaborated to unlock crucial supplies and to solve difficult problems on behalf of the people of NSW.
\n\u201cWe are now bottling that spirit of collaboration and applying it to how we support R&D across the State. This is only the start of the commitments we will be making to R&D.
\n\u201cR&D will be a powerful jobs creator during our economic recovery. For every dollar invested in R&D there can be an economic benefit of 14 dollars in return.\u201d
\nMs Upton worked with an Advisory Council of eminent leaders chaired by David Gonski AC and undertook broad public consultation to finalise\u00a0five priority actions.
\nThe NSW Government has already committed $26 million from the NSW 2020\/21 Budget to fund two of the priority actions in the report including launching a Small Business Innovation Research program and establishing an R&D matchmaking platform.
\nMs Upton said the Advisory Council conducted extensive consultations with leaders in large, SME and start-up businesses, investors, educators, researchers and innovators across all sectors.
\n\u201cTheir message to our Government was the increasing need to be proactive in supporting and attracting new businesses, especially in future industries that will sustain economic growth, productivity and employment,\u201d Ms Upton said.
\n\u201cIn a post\u2013COVID-19 world, this means that the NSW Government\u2019s record\u00a0 investments in \u2018hard\u2019 infrastructure such as roads and public transport needs to be complemented by strategic investment in \u2018soft\u2019 infrastructure \u2013 R&D, research translation and infrastructure \u2013 which drives these growing and emerging industries.\u201d
\nMr Gonski welcomed the report and thanked the wide range of people and organisations who contributed to it.
\n\u201cThis report comes at a critical time. The devastating impact of COVID-19 on investment in R&D and the downstream impacts on economic growth and job creation makes this task an urgent one,\u201d Mr Gonski said.
\n\u201cDecisive government action to attract and leverage investment, improve cross-sector collaboration and rapidly translate ideas into new products and services will be integral to our recovery from this crisis.\u201d
\nNSW Chief Scientist & Engineer, Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte said the Action Plan\u2019s focus is on implementing its five Priority Actions in a coherent, integrated and sustainable way to accelerate the translation and commercialisation of research in NSW.
\n\u201cAnother crucial aspect is the recommendation of the launch of a program of NSW R&D Missions aimed at solving the state\u2019s long-term strategic challenges in areas including bushfire response, drought resilience, health and the transition to renewable energy.\u201d
\nThe NSW push to turn ideas into jobs is already underway, with the homegrown AgTech pioneer, Agerris, developing robotic and AI technologies to increase on-farm operational productivity.
\nAgerris technology was partially supported by a $1.3m grant from the NSW Office of the Chief Scientist and Engineer to develop and deploy an Agricultural Robotics STEM program.
\nAgerris can trace it origins to the world-class Australian Centre for Field Robotics based in Sydney and recently raised $6.5 million in new funding to commercialise its research. Agerris currently has 13 employees and is using these funds to build and scale their innovative robots here in NSW, providing high quality jobs.
\nGiven the size of Australia\u2019s agricultural sector, the opportunities for applying cutting edge technologies to increase productivity are huge.
\nTo read more on the report and the five-point Action Plan, click here:https:\/\/www.dpc.nsw.gov.au\/accelerating-r&d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research and development will become a key jobs creator in NSW as the Government launches a bold new plan to make the State an R&D world leader. Premier Gladys Berejiklian today launched the\u00a0Turning Ideas into Jobs \u2013 Accelerating Research & Development in NSW Action Plan. The report, which was delivered to the Premier by her … Continue reading “NSW ACTION PLAN TO TURN IDEAS INTO JOBS”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}