Tag: R&D

New startup, SME streams proposed for RDTI

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Startups and SMEs would be treated differently to large enterprises under changes to the R&D Tax Incentive proposed through the Strategic Examination of Research and Development. Tax breaks would...

R&D review panel sketches out plan to ‘translate ideas’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Tax breaks for companies undertaking research and development would be simplified and reworked to “encourage scale” under changes being contemplated to jump-start Australia’s R&D system. The panel leading the...

Beyond absorption: Building ecosystems that deliver impact

Posted on   |  by Professor Cori Stewart
Victor Pantano is right to point out that much of Australian industry struggles to engage with research. The problem is well rehearsed – businesses have too few R&D skilled...

Tech Council pushes more ‘realistic’ R&D target

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s peak tech industry lobby has urged the federal government to adopt an R&D investment target of 2 per cent of GDP by 2035, putting it at odds with...

Govt R&D spend to slide after post-pandemic bump

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Government R&D spending as a share of GDP is set to continue its slide after a brief bump over the last two years, with new data forecasting expenditure will...

R&D carved out of ‘five pillars’ productivity inquiries

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood has dashed hopes of early reforms to R&D settings through the productivity roundtable process, declaring it a matter for the Strategic Examination of R&D....

R&D tax reforms could deliver $7bn boost each year

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia could reap more than $7 billion each year by reforming uncompetitive R&D tax settings, according to new economic modelling commissioned by the Business Council of Australia, Atlassian and...

Scientists demand R&D levies on big business

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Large businesses would pay multi-million dollar levies every year to fund basic research in Australia under a radical proposal being put forward by scientists as a response to plummeting...

‘Significant gap’ in AI translation despite research growth

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s AI-related patents nearly quadrupled over the nine years to 2024, while local AI-related research publications more than doubled, a new report from the National Artificial Intelligence Centre shows....