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Venture capital and Agri-food innovation
The Agfunder News article ‘Australia’s Venture Capital Industry Needs to Catch Up with Local Agri-Food Innovation’ reviews the buzz in the Agri-food startup scene while identifying what government and big multinationals can do to support its growth.
The latest approach to farming is vertical
‘Worlds largest vertical farm grows without soil, sunlight or water in Newark’, featured in The Guardian, takes a look at vertical farming projects being implemented in disused factories and buildings in US cities as a new type of urban farming.
University of Canberra Regional Wellbeing Survey
The first report from the University of Canberra 2015 Regional Wellbeing Survey focuses on wellbeing, liveability, and resilience in regional Australia.
Reimagining New South Wales: how the care economy could help unclog our cities
The Conversation has released a series of articles under the title Reimagining New South Wales, to envisage new ways to tackle old problems and identify emerging trends across the state
Farming Co-operatives first National Forum
The first National Forum of the Farm Co-operatives and Collaboration Pilot Program will be held on 29 and 30 of August 2016
New tax incentives to boost start-ups
Two new tax incentives designed to make investing in Australian start-ups more attractive started on 1 July 2016
NSW Treasury Intergenerational Report 2016
The NSW Department of Treasury Intergenerational Report 2016 was released in May 2016 and provides an insight into what NSW might look like in the next 40 years. Published every five years, it projects demographic, workforce and housing trends across NSW over the next four decades. It also provides a long-term projection of the State’s economic and fiscal position.
New Regional Destination Network to attract tourism to the North Coast
The NSW Government has committed to an investment of $43 million over four years to increase tourism across NSW
Why Australia?
The Why Australia? 2016 Benchmarking Report provides a comparative view of Australia in relation to the rest of the world in growth, innovation, talent, location and business
Innovation comes to agriculture with the emergence of Agtech
Can an emerging Agtech boom be what is needed to drive growth and innovation in Northern Rivers agriculture? An article from the Financial Times looks to the future of the industry.
