Tag: Chennupati Jagadish

Australia must reset its relationship with science: Deputy PM

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s “cultural relationship with science” needs to change, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said this week, igniting new optimism that the upcoming budget will lay new foundational footings for...

Reaction: Industry hails ‘multi-generational opportunity’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Tech industry and science professional groups have cheered the release of the Strategic Review of R&D as a “multi-generational opportunity” to fix long-standing weaknesses in Australia’s research and commercialisation...

Budget 2026: Govt’s rare chance to lay an innovation bedrock

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Science and research groups have urged the Albanese government to seize a rare policy reset opportunity to address a national R&D system at “breaking point”. In pre-budget submissions released...

MYEFO cuts $102m from Industry Growth Program

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government will cut $102 million in uncommitted funding from its flagship early-stage commercialisation initiative designed to help startups bridge the funding gap. The Industry Growth Program (IGP)...

$233m MYEFO boost won’t save CSIRO researchers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An almost quarter of a billion-dollar injection into the CSIRO won’t save up to 350 research jobs the agency is planning to cut, with the new funding instead going...

More scientists warn on research review’s business blinders

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Major Australian science groups are warning the government’s generational review of research and development is overlooking discovery work, threatening Australia’s “wellspring of innovation”. The Australian Academy of Science on...

Australia enters early talks to join $170bn Horizon Europe

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia has begun exploratory talks with the European Commission about joining the $170 billion Horizon Europe initiative, the world’s largest funding program for research and innovation. Science minister Tim...

Scientists warn capability chasm threatens future generations

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A “collapsing pipeline” of skilled workers and a policy quagmire threatens Australia’s ability to meet intergenerational challenges like the ageing population and technological disruption, according to one of the...

Aussie scientists plot US ‘brain gain’ as a Trump dividend

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian scientists have hatched a plan to recruit and repatriate US-based counterparts fleeing President Trump’s multi-billion-dollar research purge with competitive relocation packages. The Australian Academy of Science on Thursday...