{"id":47317,"date":"2023-10-20T15:53:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/policy-hack-paper-handed-to-government-but-will-it-get-shit-done-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:53:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:53:16","slug":"policy-hack-paper-handed-to-government-but-will-it-get-shit-done-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/policy-hack-paper-handed-to-government-but-will-it-get-shit-done-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Hack paper handed to government: But will it \u201cget shit done\u201d? – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A document with 10 key innovation ideas and initiatives arising from last month\u2019s Policy Hack has been delivered to the federal government.<\/p>\n

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The report, written up by StartupAUS, summarises each of the pitches from the policy hackathon, and was handed over to minister for industry, innovation and science Christopher Pyne and assistant minister for innovation Wyatt Roy on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

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The eventual winner of the event<\/a> at BlueChilli, which featured 150 participants, was an education initiative aimed at fostering an entrepreneurial culture in young Australians.<\/p>\n

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BlueChilli founder Sebastian Eckersley-Maslin says the event and accompanying document typifies a startup mantra that is now filtering in to policy decision-making: \u201cget shit done\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStartups are really good at doing things fast and succinctly, and this report is an extension of that,\u201d Eckersley-Maslin tells StartupSmart.<\/i><\/p>\n


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\u201cThe result of Policy Hack was that we came up with 10 really solid concepts and ideas that were workshopped and had government input and startup ecosystem collaboration.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m excited that we have this attention at a senior level in government and Policy Hack enabled people who generally don\u2019t have a voice to work direct with government bureaucrats and members of parliament on how to shape Australia\u2019s startup future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The potential solutions and reforms to grow the Australian innovation ecosystem included in the report include an extension to the R&D tax incentive, a co-investment fund for female-led ventures, the creation of Aussie landing pads around the world and a new enterprise incentive scheme.<\/p>\n

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Policy Hack will be the first of many events and initiatives<\/a> designed to bring together public servants and the startup sector, Roy says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see disruption to the traditional policy-making process, with some of those ideas now finding their way to the next level of government,\u201d Roy says.<\/p>\n

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StartupAUS head of strategy and advocacy and author of the report Alex McCauley says it includes many means to implement practical strategies to help a sector that is now on the forefront of politics.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis report provides a window into an area of economic policy which is of vital importance to Australia, but which is a bit opaque for a lot of people,\u201d McCauley says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s what this hackathon was about \u2013 the best minds in the business helping to develop policies to modernise Australia\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRecently we have really been able to feel a change in the national conversation about our economic future. Innovation policy is now front and centre. There are no silver bullets, and Australia is playing catch-up in this area.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut we\u2019re starting to really build up some momentum and we\u2019re confident we\u2019ll see some very positive initiatives like these in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Eckersley-Maslin agrees, saying it\u2019s now about making sure some of these recommendations are included in the government\u2019s upcoming innovation statement, which will be released next month.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe challenge now is to keep our parliamentary friends accountable to these ideas and keep pushing them on it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI honestly think some of the initiatives in it will make it into the innovation statement.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 10 recommendations included in the StartupAUS document:<\/b><\/p>\n


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