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Science

Adam Gilmour is on a mission

A non-binding statement of intent and cooperation doesn’t sound like it would carry much weight. But when it’s a small Queensland rocket startup seeking customers for its first commercial...

Focus must be on private research

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Government should provide more support for industry-led research rather than just focusing on university grants and incentives, according to the winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for New Innovators....

Huawei shutters Vic R&D centre

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
Huawei Australia has been blacklisted by the US government, just weeks after the company drew a line through a $60 million research and development investment in Victoria. The local...

Karen Andrews’ listening tour

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
Industry minister Karen Andrews will hold a pair of roundtables with high-profile members of the tech and startup communities in an effort to improve relations with the sector and...

$170m boost for R&D tax scheme

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
Federal Labor will offer businesses an R&D tax offset premium for collaborating with universities and science-based agencies like the CSIRO to bring new knowledge and innovations to market. The...

Science must be our policy centre

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
Labor’s R&D target of three per cent of GDP in the coming decade requires science to be “back at the centre of government,” says shadow industry minister Kim Carr, together...

New uni program bad for research

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Shadow industry minister Senator Kim Carr has accused the Morrison Government of robbing Peter to pay Paul over a decision to spent $134 million to improve student access to...

Backlash at R&D tax changes

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Controversial changes to the R&D tax incentive are “ill-advised” and would do “untold damage to large sections of the Australian innovation community”, according to submissions to a Senate inquiry....

R&D tax changes on the table

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
The federal government has introduced draft legislation for public comment as first steps to amend the existing research and development tax incentive (R&DTI). The proposed changes of the Treasury...

Govt lukewarm on ISA strategy

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
The federal government has quietly released its lukewarm response to the Bill Ferris led Innovation and Science Australia 2030 strategy, offering support for just 17 of its 30 recommendations...