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Design, creative practice and innovation
The capacity to innovate through architecture and design are primary sources of competitive advantage. Countries throughout the world are developing design-led innovation policies. Does Australia need a National Council for Design and Creative Practice?

Higher Ed discussion paper out
A chance to comment on the role of higher education in meeting the needs of the Australian community and economy. Submissions close 31 July.

Journal rankings for ERA
ARC seeks feedback on draft.
Submissions close by 24 July.

"This false divide between the arts and science, between the arts and industry, between the arts and the economy: we've actually got to put that to bed. As if creativity is somehow this thing which only applies to the arts, and innovation is this thing over here which applies uniquely to the sciences, or technology, or to design. This is actually again a false dichotomy: it's just not like that.

"Our ambition should be to create and to foster a creative imaginative Australia because so much of the economy of the twenty-first century is going to require that central faculty."

Kevin Rudd
Closing address to the 2020 Conference
Canberra 20 April 2008