TechnologyInnovationPrint articleOpinionThe six reasons Australia must change to save its future economyThe country is plummeting in the global rankings of innovative nations and risks becoming a low-paid, services economy unless it reconsiders investment in deep tech.Sally-Ann WilliamsColumnistJan 30, 2023 – 11.00amSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginAustralia must urgently address its freefall down the global Economic Complexity Scale, from a high of 26th globally to our current abysmal 91st position.Otherwise, we risk becoming a low-paid, services economy and supplier only of primary or simple products to the rest of the innovating world.Loading...Sally-Ann Williams is the CEO of deep tech incubator Cicada InnovationsSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreInnovationOpinionCochlearResearchLatest In TechnologyFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In TechnologyThe Australian Financial Review MagazineMonica Lewinsky might be the most influential feminist in 30 yearsJessica GardnerThe Apple Watch is 10. What’s next for the world’s No.1 wearable?In pictures: AFR Magazine’s 30th anniversary celebrationBOSS Financial ReviewHow this elite child gymnast leapt to the top of SportsbetHannah TattersallWhat 18-hour days on a farm taught this NAB exec about bankingHow a young exec went from university dropout to dream job in ParisLife & LeisureStep inside this modernist penthouse with 360-degree viewsStephen ToddIs all this talk of wine terroir a load of hooey?Want to live longer? Try this new brain enhancement programRich ListThree decades of PMs, fashion icons and the odd person headed for jailBrook TurnerFortescue near settlement with US tycoon after energy deal bust-upAustralia’s 50 Richest Bosses revealed