Tag: Roy Green

Mixed reception as PM splits Industry responsibilities

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The Prime Minister’s decision to split responsibility for Christian Porter’s former Industry, Science and Technology portfolio between two existing cabinet ministers has been given a broadly positive reception from...

Business spending on R&D has flatlined in Australia

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Total spending by Australian business on research and development remains at 2012 levels, despite small increases in each of the past three financial years. A new Australian Bureau of Statistics...

Australia’s ‘prototype’ for regional transformation

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Newcastle’s mission to diversify its economy and capitalise on a rapidly shifting export market through innovation is a “prototype” for the rest of Australia, according to Newcastle Port chair...

InnovationAus 2021 Awards for Excellence

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After six years of publishing news and insights about Australia’s industry policy landscape, we are incredibly proud to launch the inaugural InnovationAus Awards for Excellence, a celebration of the...

NSW net zero plan can be a ‘nation building’ win

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The NSW government’s latest tilt at reducing the state’s emissions to net zero has the potential to become a grand scale nation building program. But without appropriate oversight, hundreds...

Biden science focus good news for partners

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Industry, Science and Technology Minister Karen Andrews has welcomed president-elect Joe Biden’s plan to elevate the role of the chief science advisor into a Cabinet-level position for the first...

Govt releases ‘plain English’ R&D tax guide

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
New “plain English” guidance for the research and development tax incentive has been released, providing new definitions for “hypothesis” and “new knowledge” and further information on the record keeping...

Budget Insider: All eyes on the year of reckoning

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The October 2020 federal budget was “an oxygen mask to keep us going,” according to Australian National University associate professor Catherine Ball, and the nation will won’t face its...