Tag: R&D

Science must be our policy centre

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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 James Riley
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 James Riley
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...

Australia leads in R&D support

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Total Australian government support for research and development increased by 9 per cent during 2008-2016, according to the latest OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard, making Australia among the...

R&D: Keep calm, carry on claiming

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The industry department has been scrambling to produce new eligibility case studies to address the fear and loathing among tech-enabled startups over a perceived tightening of the R&D Tax...

Good news and bad for R&D tax

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If you are a company that has claimed taxpayer support for software development via the R&D Tax Incentive in the past several years, there is both good news and...

China to surpass US R&D spend

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Given the sheer size of the Chinese market and the pointed focus on innovation and technology in serial government announcements in recent years, it had to happen sometime. Now...