Strategic advice

Australia’s successful health and medical research sector plays a key role in driving innovation, improving patient outcomes, and strengthening the economy and has enormous potential to do more.

The development of an Advanced Technology Industries Strategy will help to make the most of the outsized impact of Tasmania’s research and development sector by catalysing the transformation of breakthroughs into real world applications that benefit Tasmanians and build the state’s economic resilience.

Nuclear power may be an option for Australia in the coming decades, potentially occupying a supportive niche, providing dispatchable power in a high-renewables grid. While not presupposing the suitability of nuclear power for Australia, ATSE suggests that all technology options should be considered as part of Australia’s urgent decarbonisation project.

Waste materials can be used as vital feedstock for manufacturing, and emerging technologies are helping to increase the range of products that can be recycled and remanufactured to develop new products, including traditionally hard to recycle products.

Engineers Australia and ATSE support a review of energy planning and regulation. Energy planning and regulation must balance the power systems' physical requirements, the best interests of the end users and market considerations.

ATSE's submission to the Transport and Infrastructure Net Zero Action Plan outlines the importance of the transport sector the Australia’s zero emissions target, with transport expected to be the largest source of emissions by 2030.

ATSE's contribution to the implementation of elements of the Australian Universities Accord (the Accord).

ATSE’s submission makes 6 recommendations about using the NCGP to support research in Australia. ATSE argues for using the NCGP to champion underinvested in types of research, including fundamental, Interdisciplinary, null result and replication research. It calls for research funding to be moved towards 3% of GDP and calls for funding the full cost of research.

ATSE’s submission considers that a coordinated response is needed to adopt and regulate AI and ensure continued public participation in AI-related decisions. AI can grow industries to be globally competitive and create new and high-paying jobs.