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Making the Invisible Visible: Software as Strategic Infrastructure in the Australian Economy
Software is the invisible engine of Australia’s real economy. It silently powers everything from energy grids to medical diagnostics, mining automation to advanced manufacturing.
Too often, software is left out of economic plans, policy settings, and capability strategies.
It’s time to treat software as national infrastructure — a strategic enabler, not just commercial code. If we want productivity growth, energy transition, and sovereign control of critical systems, we need

Dr John H Howard
Jun 278 min read
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Coalition of the Willing: Innovation Policy for a Changing Australia
For the first time in many years, there is a genuine opportunity to move beyond the oppositional politics that have hindered structural reform. This new parliamentary composition—more diverse but potentially less fractious—opens the door to building coalitions of the willing for major national reform.
If we are to grasp this political moment, we must also confront the structural ambiguity that has long undermined innovation policy in this country.Â

Dr John H Howard
Jun 177 min read
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