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Sally-Ann Williams

The ‘missing middle’ stopping Australia from being a deep tech force

To see bold ambitions in areas like quantum computing, robotics and AI come to fruition, Australia must match rival countries and grow the “M” of its SMEs.

Australia continues to lag its global peers on both economic complexity and sustained economic and industry policy to drive innovation and growth.

To see our bold ambitions in key deep technologies such as quantum computing, biotechnology, robotics and artificial intelligence come to fruition, we must focus on creating globally relevant businesses that drive productivity by focusing on the “missing middle” and growing the “M” of our SME’s.

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Sally-Ann Williams is the CEO of deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations

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