Kim Carr

Nov 3, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Taylor Hawkins |Kim Carr |Sean Innis |Cathy Fussell

Australians are culturally hardwired to aspire for a “fair go”. To collectively realise this vision, we must direct our resources and knowledge to ensure that future generations can enjoy a fairer society. Redirecting our attention from the short-term can help us address some of Australia’s most significant challenges, such as rising costs of living, income inequality, unequal healthcare access, declining education performance, and climate change.

Oct 31, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Julian Bajkowski |Kim Carr |Sean Innis |Cathy Fussell

“Woo Hoo! I’ll process this Monday”Those are the words of a [redacted] employee in the Attorney General’s Department (AGD) to their relatively recently promoted deputy secretary, Simon Newnham, having scored an invitation to the exclusive Qantas Chairman’s Lounge. “Thanks. Interesting. SN” comes the possibly cautious reply.

Oct 27, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Kim Carr |Julian Bajkowski |Tom Ravlic |David Adams

The industry innovation councils, tripartite in nature — and created for the information technology, steel, automotive, space, built environment, future manufacturing and textiles, clothing and footwear sectors — were central to what I was trying to do. They were a way of getting people to talk to one another without falling foul of everpresent industrial relations disputes, to establish a permanent engagement away from the traditional adversarial frameworks.

Oct 24, 2024 | afr.com | Kim Carr

Kim CarrOct 25, 2024 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? My last big foray as a Labor senator at challenging the conventions laid down by those in charge of the party’s fortunes came not long before Scott Morrison’s fall from public favour.

Jun 17, 2023 | afr.com | Kim Carr

Our single largest instrument for R&D support is the tax incentive, but it has not been overhauled despite clear and sage advice from some of the most respected experts in the country. Nor will it be touched by any of the reviews running in the education system. Basic research funding has slipped to just 22 per cent of total funding, a tipping point that threatens the viability of the entire research value chain. Without new knowledge, there can be no commercialisation.