New Directions for innovation, competitiveness and productivityKEVIN RUDD MPFEDERAL LABOR LEADERSENATOR KIM CARRSHADOW MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND RESEARCHApril 2007EXECUTIVE SUMMARYAs Australia looks towards the second decade of the twenty-first century, it faces a range of ‘mega-challenges’, including more intense competition from regional trading partners like China and India, the ageing of Australia’s population [...]