Tag: budget 2026

Govt embarks on R&D reset with new council

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A new innovation council will lead the reset of Australia’s research and development system, after a landmark review warned coordination and scale had been lost across almost 200 government...

Chalmers works towards CGT fix for startups and VCs

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Startup founders and their venture capital partners will be relieved that the Treasurer has opened the door to carve-outs from his controversial capital gains tax discount changes. But Jim...

‘Policy inflection point’: Tech sector’s budget warning

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry and Joseph Brookes
Technology industry groups are urging the Albanese government to use Tuesday night’s budget to strengthen Australia’s standing in the global technology race, with AI research and skills among the...

A mass exodus of science and technology workers is underway

Posted on   |  by Ryan Winn
This time last year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers spoke about five ‘seismic changes’ reshaping the world in his federal Budget speech. Shifts from globalisation to fragmentation, hydrocarbons to renewables, IT...

Budget drop: CSIRO gets a last-minute funding boost

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Just months after announcing hundreds of research scientist redundancies, Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has been thrown a budget lifeline. In November the agency said it would shed up...

‘This govt does not understand’: Violi hammers CGT plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ reported budget plan to abolish the capital gains tax discount is “deeply concerning” and demonstrates a poor understanding of the startup ecosystem, shadow Digital Economy minister...