text: The move comes as the head of one of the country’s largest medical research institutes declared Queensland’s decade-long “smart state” effort had pushed the late starter ahead of its established Melbourne and Sydney rivals.
  With 850 scientists working for him, Smart State Council member and Queensland Institute of Medical Research director Michael Good told the HES Brisbane had attracted more than 20 top medical researchers in recent years.
  “Queensland and Australia have really moved forward to become competitive at the international level; Queensland has come from behind and matched the other states but is moving ahead faster and the momentum is going very well,” Professor Good said.