Process for Responding
15. The recommendations contained in the taskforce's report have been assessed by relevant government agencies. Agencies were asked to indicate whether current policies/programmes addressed the recommendation and, if so, how; whether existing work needed to be accelerated; or whether the recommendation required a new initiative.
16. The response overall was very positive:
- existing actions address issues in all six areas identified by the taskforce, particularly in immigration, improved commercial focus of R&D expenditure through FRST and some regulatory changes contained in the Business Law Reform Bill;
- some acceleration of work is required, particularly in intensifying the technology curriculum implementation in secondary schools; and
- four new initiatives are recommended, one of which is already being implemented (detail below).
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