Innovation and science agenda 'disastrous' for humanities and creative industries

By Gina McColl
Updated December 13 2015 - 8:13am, first published 12:15am
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Christopher Pyne look at samples of bee silk ahead of their announcement of the national innovation and science agenda at the CSIRO Discovery Centre in Canberra. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Christopher Pyne look at samples of bee silk ahead of their announcement of the national innovation and science agenda at the CSIRO Discovery Centre in Canberra. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
"Disappointing and surprising": Louise Adler, CEO and publisher of Melbourne University Press, responds to the government's new innovation and science agenda. Photo: Joe Armao
"Disappointing and surprising": Louise Adler, CEO and publisher of Melbourne University Press, responds to the government's new innovation and science agenda. Photo: Joe Armao

A former member of the Prime Minister's innovation council has labelled as "disastrous" aspects of the $1.1 billion national science and innovation agenda, which was broadly welcomed when it was launched last week.

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