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Australia falls behind on R&D recovery

Australia is “in danger of being left behind” as most other developed nations place R&D investment at the centre of their COVID-19 economic recoveries, UTS Innovation Council chair Professor...

Govt ‘missing in action’ on digital SMEs

15 June 2020 | by Denham Sadler

More needs to be done to help Australian SMEs improve their cybersecurity and digitisation, with the government’s handful of policies in the space so far proving underwhelming, the Labor...

Fresh calls to invoke Crown use of patents

25 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The Opposition has called on the government to invoke the Crown use of patents to ensure the supply of essential services during the coronavirus pandemic as it looks to...

Govt not listening on R&D cuts

4 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The Opposition has accused government of not listening to tech companies on its controversial reforms to the Research and Development Tax Incentive after revelations that no substantial consultation has...

RDTI changes to be reviewed. Again.

10 February 2020 | by Denham Sadler

There will be another “comprehensive” inquiry into the government’s controversial changes to the research and development tax incentive, with the Opposition planning to “interrogate” the unintended consequences of the...

‘Dearth of transparency’ from Treasury on R&D

3 February 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Federal Labor has slammed a “dearth of transparency” at the Treasury after public submissions on controversial changes to the research and development tax incentive were released 18 months late,...

R&D tax set for Senate showdown

28 January 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Government cuts to the research and development tax incentive (RDTI) are set for a Senate showdown next week and is expected to be referred back to the same committee...

Labor ‘unconvinced’ by R&D tax changes

11 December 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The Opposition has a voiced concerns with the government’s reintroduced legislation that shaves $1.8 billion from the research and development tax incentive, setting up a potential fight in Parliament...

Staff cap part of ‘war on science’

9 October 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The government-imposed staffing cap at its primary science agency has put innovation “under threat”, according to the Opposition. The Coalition’s Average Staffing Level cap, introduced in 2015-16 with an...

Shorten picks up Gov’t Services

2 June 2019 | by James Riley

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has been soft-landed into the shadow Cabinet in the challenging NDIS and service delivery portfolio, while the experienced Brendan O’Connor takes an expanded brief...

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