Comments on: Who really benefits from the Rudd Government’s new Commercialisation Australia program?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:50:00 +0000

I guess this is good.Because changes have to happen at some point and it is good if those changes are good.There will always be somebody to benefit from different new programs and many others that won’t.The problem I guess it is how do you make it work and who decides who will benefit and who will not.

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By: James Tuckerman

James Tuckerman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:21:55 +0000

Hi Walter. It’s been one of our most read posts for the week but clearly not one that readers seem to want to comment on. I’m getting the impression that there is a broader sense of relief that something is finally happening which, so far, seems to trump any concern about the detail (or lesser amount of funding allocated). We’re putting together a deeper, more analytical piece for early next week.

By: Walter Adamson

Walter Adamson — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:55:03 +0000

Good question. I’m surprised no debate/comments yet. I don’t have the answer but on the positive side it the new scheme does reflect collective knowledge, and there is never any harm in reviewing something from a zero base.

On the negative side, as you said, it seems to be saying that 90% of Commercial Ready grants were wasted. If that is the case then you have to wonder what has changed culturally to avoid 90% of this new scheme being wasted – that hasn’t been spelt out.

And on the interesting side you would expect the 250 key stakeholders would include the first rush of those wishing to become volunteer business mentors, and of course case managers. By the way if the case manager scheme reflects the COMET case manager arrangements then I’d be skeptical that much has been achieved or will be achieved.

Walter Adamson @g2m