Tag: Roy Green

InnovationAus 2021 Awards for Excellence

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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...

Roy Green on the recovery blueprint

Posted on   |  by Roy Green
The Federal Government’s announcement yesterday must be seen as a start and only a start to reversing many years of neglect and complacency in relation to the role of...

ATO JobKeeper and RDTI plan ‘absurd’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The plan to block any research and development tax incentive claims on JobKeeper payments has been labelled “absurd” and damaging to tech companies at the “worst possible time”, with...

Australia falls behind on R&D recovery

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia is “in danger of being left behind” as most other developed nations place R&D investment at the centre of their COVID-19 economic recoveries, UTS Innovation Council chair Professor...

A new plan and new urgency for industry

Posted on   |  by Dr Sarah Pearson
‘Future Industries’ are alive and kicking in the here and now, and on the rise in countries you may not expect to be leading. Countries traditionally reliant on low...