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Performance review of the Australian innovation, science and research system 2016

Date published:
1 February 2017

The Performance Review of the Australian Innovation, Science and Research System examines the system’s strengths and weaknesses. The review established a performance scorecard for tracking progress into the future.

Note: In the performance scorecard, there was an error for the following metric in the outcome section. Values for high-growth enterprise rate, measured by employment growth, industry, % for 2012 should have been reported as score (2012) 5.1 %, average for the top 5 performers 4.8%, Australia’s ranking 2nd of 18.