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[Jessica Coates <j2.coates AT qut.edu.au>]

And following up this news from yesterday - in a speech at the Committee for Melbourne yesterday, Senator Carr gives what sounds like a fairly strong endorsement of the Report's Creative Commons recommendation, saying:

 

"We are and will remain a net importer of knowledge, so it is in our interest to promote the freest possible flow of information domestically and globally.

The arguments for stepping out first on open access are the same as the arguments for stepping out first on emissions trading – the more willing we are to show leadership on this, we more chance we have of persuading other countries to reciprocate.

And if we want the rest of the world to act, we have to do our bit at home."

 

You can access the report here: http://minister.industry.gov.au/Carr/Pages/REVIEWOFTHENATIONALINNOVATIONSYSTEMREPORT-VENTUROUSAUSTRALIA.aspx 

 

Jessica Coates

Project Manager

Creative Commons Clinic

Queensland University of Technology

 

ph: 07 3138 8301

fax: 07 3138 9395

email: j2.coates AT qut.edu.au

 

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From: cc-au-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:cc-au-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of elliott bledsoe
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Subject: [cc-au] Australian National Innovation Review recommends Creative Commons

Those interested in open access to public sector information will be excited to see the results of a recently released Australian Federal Government Review of the National Innovation System, www.innovation.gov.au/innovationreview. The final report, titled VenturousAustralia was prepared for Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, by consultants Culter and Co, headed up by industry consultant and strategy adviser Dr Terry Cutler. It places a strong emphasis on open innovation, stating in the introduction:

"Today innovation is understood to involve much more than the transmission of knowledge down the pipeline of production from research to development to application. In the age of the internet, with the opportunities for collaboration which it opens up, open innovation is increasingly important."

 

Most importantly from an open access point of view, it was Recommendation 7.8 which is most exciting:

"Australian governments should adopt international standards of open publishing as far as possible. Material released for public information by Australian governments should be released under a creative commons licence."

The full report is available at http://www.innovation.gov.au/innovationreview/Documents/NIS-review-web.pdf

Just thought I would let you all know

_elliott

 

elliott bledsoe

project officer

+61 7 3138 9597
0405059367
elliott AT creativecommons.org.au
http://creativecommons.org.au

my cc blog: http://ccelliott.blogspot.com

	The Australia Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation funds research into Creative Commons in Australia through the ccClinic and the CC and Open Content Licensing (OCL) Models research programs. www.cci.edu.au
	Creative Commons Australia is hosted by Queensland University of Technology at the QUT Faculty of Law. It is a research project of the Intellectual Property: Knowledge, Culture and Economy research stream of the Law and Justice Research Centre. www.law.qut.edu.au

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