The Turnbull government is pinning its hopes on a room full of geeks to help develop its major innovation policy.
It has teamed up with startup incubator BlueChilli to organise a one-day "hackathon" to generate ideas about how the government can support startups and turn Australia's tech sector into an economic powerhouse.
Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy took to Twitter on Thursday to invite all Australians to contribute ideas to a new website - www.policyhack.com.au.
He promised that "everything is on the table", including potential reforms in areas such as funding, taxation, education and migration.
"We are looking for the ideas around how we can improve our innovation and startup ecosystem in our country so that our country can embrace the future and see the future prosperity that we so desperately need," Mr Roy said in a video broadcast.
"We are going to disrupt the Canberra bureaucracy and help shape the vision for how our country can be a global hub for entrepreneurship and innovation."
Dozens of people had submitted ideas within hours of the website going live.
Many suggested tax breaks for "angel" investors and changes to education and training to help foster a culture of innovation.
The creators of the top 10 most popular ideas will be invited to the "hackathon" event on October 17 in Sydney where their policy suggestions will be workshopped in a room full of industry experts and government representatives.
Mr Roy told AAP he hoped the event would attract experts from the tech sector, CSIRO, higher education, venture capital markets as well as successful entrepreneurs.
Participants will form teams to workshop the top 10 ideas to present to a panel that will include government representatives.
BlueChilli founder Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin said the "hackathon" was a platform to feed grassroots ideas directly to government policy makers.
"This is an opportunity to bring the whole community together around the central ideas voted by the community," he told AAP.
"If this can be the seed or source of an idea that effectively becomes legislation then we've won."
Since Malcolm Turnbull's ascension to the prime minister's job in September, he has stressed the need to advance Australia's innovation and tech culture to help drive economic growth.
Innovation Minister Christopher Pyne on Wednesday said the government was already considering tax breaks for "angel" investors and changing the rules around crowdfunding for startups.
He was due to meet bureaucrats in Canberra on Thursday to discuss short, medium and long-term options around innovation and science policy.
