Industry, Science and Technology Minister Karen Andrews has welcomed president-elect Joe Biden’s plan to elevate the role of the chief science advisor into a Cabinet-level position for the first...
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New rules surrounding Australia’s foreign investment regime which passed Parliament last week may “dampen the enthusiasm” for investment in local tech companies, according to Australian Investment Council chief Yasser...
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Canberra has only been pursuing its focus on defence industry since 2016, but after four years it is clear that increased defence spending really is generating significant, fundamental innovation...
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Energy storage development company 1414 Degrees has accelerated development of its long-awaited Aurora Solar Energy Project at Port Augusta in South Australia. Following an oversubscribed share purchase plan which...
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“If plan A doesn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters – 46 if you’re in Japan.” (Claire Cook, Seven Year Switch) In the late 1980s and early 1990s...
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Biotechnology giant CSL will spend more than $800 million building a new vaccine manufacturing plant at the Melbourne Airport Business Park, with operations expected to start in 2026. The...
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Renowned physicist Dr Cathy Foley has been appointed as Australia’s next Chief Scientist, with the task of helping science and technology drive the nation’s economic recovery. Dr Foley, who...
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New “plain English” guidance for the research and development tax incentive has been released, providing new definitions for “hypothesis” and “new knowledge” and further information on the record keeping...
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The Australian government is spending an increasing proportion of its ‘research’ funding on collaborative programs including Cooperative Research Centres, Industry Transformation Research and Teaching Hubs, and Linkage grants. The...
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Current policies aimed at creating incentives for research translation are not fit-for-purpose for tech companies, with too much focus on public-private collaboration, according to Q-CTRL founder Professor Michael Biercuk....
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Local tech leaders have railed against Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s emphasis on tech adoption rather than creation, branding it “uninspiring”, lacking in ambition and “the opposite of what we...
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The federal boost to university research and CSIRO funding “is a good beginning” that must be followed by a new focus on working with industry to translate institutional research...
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Innovation and Science Australia has been “refocused and refreshed”, with a new name, several new members and a focus on overseeing the federal government’s $1.5 billion manufacturing strategy. The...
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The Opposition is “profoundly concerned” with the revamped research and development tax incentive intensity measure and has also called for the introduction of a collaboration premium. Legislation making a...