[ProgSoc] Should Australian Technology Park be saved by the NSW and Federal governments?

[Roland Turner]

(clearing old email)

Singapore's success with Block 71 (now JTC LaunchPad) suggests that 
government efforts to foster a startup sector by encouraging 
concentration - and doing so in an environment where land costs are even 
higher than Sydney's - can support material progress in this direction. 
I suspect that a real estate deal by itself is nowhere near enough 
though: many parts of Singapore's government have been working with the 
startup ecosystem, both independently and in coordinated ways, for years 
to get to the current state. It does not seem likely that state or 
federal governments in Australia would be capable of this, even if they 
wanted to.

- Raz



On 09/23/2015 05:21 AM, Leefe wrote:
> The Australian Technology Park is currently being sold off to the highest bidder.
> Should it be saved as a technology and innovation hub?
>
> Some big names in the Sydney technology sector think so.
> Have a read of the article and sign the petition if you agree.
>
> Why the Australian Technology Park in Sydney is a national issue (BRW, 18 September 2015)
> http://www.brw.com.au/p/business/why_the_australian_technology_park_b8UG4HSqnKGogKXNF03oIN
>
> Sign the petition: Save Australian Technology Park as a technology hub
> https://www.change.org/p/robert-stokes-nsw-planning-minister-save-australian-technology-park-as-a-technology-hub
>
>
> Leefe
> http://www.progsoc.org/~3trk/
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