“Victoria is blessed with huge volume of lignite (33Bt easily extracted, 395 Bt resource). 20% by weight of this lignite is volatiles/hydrocarbons, n-anes, n-enes, phenols. There is a low cost process to separate the carbon, hydrocarbons and water using a benign solvent. This is 435 Billion barrels of extractable oil.”

“Under a number of these topics, Intergenerational Advisory Boards is a strategy being deployed in the UK and US markets in particular as way to engage the next generation thinking, and to empower the combination of Baby boomer/Gen-X wisdom and 'been there, done that' and 'digital savvy, technology Gen-Y. ”

“Dramatically improve inter-agency secure sharing of sensitive information while maintaining control by the source agency, and without needing to replace existing identity and access systems. A co-operative facility based on the use of Victorian-owned software would stimulate local industry, jobs and skills creation and retention, exports, and import replacement.”

“Rural Victoria is lucky to still have wetlands (lakes/waterways, man made or otherwise) when globally, these are disappearing faster than any other ecosystem. Home to unique and endangered species of birds, we should be promoting these assets for nature tourism/ "avitourism" - a fast growing, lucrative trend. ”

“Social engineering that poses existential questions, advertised via billboards, e.g. What is my life about? Who is important to me in my life? Have I told my family that I love them? etc. The idea is to instigate critical thinking and reflection about our lives, so we can change :) ”

“ Could we consider an education system from preschool onwards that focuses on philosophical critical reasoning skills, interpersonal skills, and workplace literacy/numeracy/digital skills. The implementation of effective personal, non violent communication and gender equality at preschool and primary schooling would serve as a foundation for a more equitable and caring society. ”

“The Government should develop a competency recognition framework for building and planning practitioners. This framework should outline the competencies which are required to perform various roles across the sector. Where a person with recognised competency is involved in the planning or building process there should be a streamlined pathway.”

“Re: 4.2 Facilitation of industry-led research and collaboration with universities and other groups aimed at the creation of new products, market intelligence and skills: Direct interaction with SMEs as well as cross-collaborative projects with Universities is dramatically improved with state commercialisation subsidies such as STIUP. Please bring them back.”

“Regarding the focus area 'Workforce' Improvement to the training and education system. This will be great, however, the design of public service jobs and VPS hierarchy almost discourages the use of critical reasoning. We must attend to job design and workplace design and culture to really impact on productivity. ”

“We have good jobs available but cant find workers! We actively work with and assist with all areas of people in you "1. Worforce" section. Tax and OVER regulation are KILLING us. ”

“Construction businesses seeking apprentices are faced with lack of a coordinated recruitment system to find good staff. Coordination of stakeholders will help with better outcomes.”

“Business funding research has been shown to influence outcomes, no matter how independent they try to stay. Set up an independent body as a conduit for impartiality and ongoing rep”

“Take a look at the essential eight technologies of Drones etc and how they can be applied across sectors to build new value chains, industries and businesses”