{"id":41635,"date":"2023-10-20T15:15:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/policy-hack-is-just-the-start-wyatt-roy-says-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:15:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:15:23","slug":"policy-hack-is-just-the-start-wyatt-roy-says-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/policy-hack-is-just-the-start-wyatt-roy-says-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Hack is just the start, Wyatt Roy says – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saturday\u2019s Policy Hack proves that new and innovative ways of policy creation can work, assistant minister for innovation Wyatt Roy says.<\/p>\n

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The policy hackathon saw 10 teams produce a policy recommendation centred on fostering innovation and entrepreneurialism, with a \u2018Lemonade Stand\u2019 education policy crowned the winner.<\/p>\n

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Roy tells StartupSmart<\/i> he is \u201cincredibly excited\u201d about some of the ideas that were presented.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere were some really fantastic proposals about how we can change our culture, attract capital, achieve greater co-operation and collaboration and grow our talent pool,\u201d Roy says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was an experiment with a new approach to government policy formulation. It was successful and it can be improved and workshopped.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn many ways it has opened people\u2019s minds to the idea that policy creation can be done in different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is just the start\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n


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The overarching message from Roy and BlueChilli\u2019s Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin, who organised the Policy Hack, is that \u201cthis is just the start\u201d of ongoing collaboration between the government and startup community.<\/p>\n

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The hackathon saw 50 public servants collaborate with over 100 entrepreneurs, VCs and CEOs.<\/p>\n

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Roy says the ideas will be turned into an outcomes brief by StartupAUS, passed on to the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, before eventually being given to politicians.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe public service representatives were fantastic in their level of engagement,\u201d Roy says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe mixing of the two worlds is something to be very excited about, and we\u2019re excited to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The success of the prototype event has led to discussions of expanding it across the country, while it could also be used internally in government departments, Roy says.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019ll hopefully become a permanent fixture across the country, Eckersley-Maslin says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFrom talking with Wyatt and his team, there\u2019s a strong appetite for doing more of these, and we\u2019re talking about various ways to make this a bit more permanent,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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Minimum viable policy<\/b><\/p>\n

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It was all about creating an MVP: a minimum viable policy, Eckersley-Maslin says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur idea was to see if we could do something like this quickly, and I think we exceeded all expectations,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe energy in the room was electric and amazing, and that\u2019s what made the event. There was a line at 8am to get to work on a Saturday to talk about government policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The day was run along the same lines as a traditional hackathon, with teams forming after initial pitches first thing in the morning. The teams then had five hours to workshop their ideas, with government representatives roaming the room offering mentoring. The ten recommendations were then pitched to a panel of judges.<\/p>\n

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Many of the ideas utilised government as an enabler and partner, rather than the driver of startups, echoing statements made by Roy and PM Malcolm Turnbull.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEntrepreneurial spirit doesn\u2019t thrive when we put government at the heart of everything,\u201d Roy says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe government should be the enabler and partner, and it was exciting that this was a consistent policy theme.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Along with the 10 ideas, Eckersley-Maslin says the event also proved that Roy\u2019s comments about the line to Canberra being open for startups are ringing true.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt has established an open line of communication between the government and the startup community,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe networking and relationships that were formed will mean that further dialogue will be much better facilitated.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt also really demonstrated to the government that you don\u2019t need a six or 12 month drawn-out process to come up with great policy ideas, you can do it in a weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

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