In fact if we remove the bureaucrats (who write reports about innovation but don’t actually innovate), the CEOs of local Multinational box sellers (who try to stifle any good local innovation but don’t actually innovate themselves) the VCs (who don’t invest in innovative companies because its too risky) and the academics who whine about how we don’t innovation (but don’t actually innovate), we’re left with just 6 or 7 people out of 24 people … ie just 25% of the group named have actually really innovated and sold something.

For God sake, why doesn’t Kim Carr and his scaly mates actually get some balls and select real innovators – the people and companies who are building the future of this country, actively innovating and selling overseas not just the same dry old drones. Companies like RF Innovations, Optalert, Auria, Taggle, AP Systems, Minesite, BlueAnt, Majitek, Avega etc etc – the list goes on and on but the government doesn’t see !

No wonder we’re f*cked as a country when we cf with the Valley or Israel or even Finland. No leadership, no risk taking, no balls, no idea