Australia needs a national strategy to overcome the fears and uncertainty of older Australians about going online, if broadband is to deliver its full value to the nation.

Dr Sandra Haukka, a Senior Research Fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI), Queensland University of Technology, says that despite the Australian Government’s $43 billion national broadband network and $15 million Broadband for Seniors initiative, they need to do more to encourage older Australians to use the internet.

It is vital for Australia to offer strong support for artists as individuals, as well as for large artistic institutions, Professor Stuart Cunningham, director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation at the Queensland University of Technology said today.

Australia’s economy is powered by innovation – but our formal education system is not yet fully geared to deliver the innovators we need.

The nation’s innovators and entrepreneurs often achieve success in spite of their education, rather than because of it, says Dr Ruth Bridgstock of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) at Queensland University of Technology.

Australia has a superlative opportunity to generate new jobs, exports and cultural richness if it can tap the creative powers of all its citizens.

This is the view of Prof. John Hartley AM, research director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) at the Queensland University of Technology, who has just completed a ground-breaking five-year ARC Federation Fellowship investigating the new opportunities opening up with the digital age.

Stuart Cunningham | From The Courier-Mail | August 04, 2010

WHATEVER else defines contemporary Queensland, the attractiveness it holds for the rest of eastern Australia must rank highly.