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Renewed calls for change to research investment

The nation’s peak science lobby has renewed calls for a realignment of the R&D Tax Incentive that creates a premium to reward research collaboration as a way to improve...

Science calls for $2.4b research translation fund

23 February 2021 | by James Riley

The nation’s peak science lobby has called on government to use the expected $2.4 billion in savings from changes to the Research and Development Tax Incentive to fund the...

Uni research gets $1b pandemic survival injection

7 October 2020 | by Stuart Kennedy

Australia’s university research sector has been given a $1 billion pandemic survival injection in the budget while a new government study will scope out the potential of a translational...

CSIRO gets a $459m budget lifeline for science

7 October 2020 | by Stuart Kennedy

The federal government has thrown CSIRO a $459 million lifeline as the country’s peak science research organisation reels from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its industry partnership...

Commercialisation funding a key to recovery

6 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Leading industry groups and universities have called on the federal government to make a targeted effort to address Australia’s commercialisation woes in this week’s federal budget, with new funds...

Larry Marshall: ‘History will judge us’

13 August 2020 | by James Riley

At a time when public trust in science is on the rise, CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall has issued a clarion call to Australia to rally around a set...

Call for next Superstars of STEM cohort

3 August 2020 | by Elise McDonald

Industry Minister Karen Andrews has launched a nationwide search for the next 60 Superstars of STEM; brilliant women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who are willing to become...

Science and tech the key to economic recovery

26 May 2020 | by Stuart Kennedy

Australia’s scientists and tech workers have a vital role in helping lead the country out of the socio-economic trauma caused by COVID-19, the woman in charge of our peak...

STA calls for ‘sovereign capability’ focus

22 April 2020 | by Elise McDonald

Science & Technology Australia has joined the Science Minister, Karen Andrews in calling for the country to have greater “sovereign capability” in manufacturing, underpinned by strong research and development....

RDTI savings must go back to innovation

27 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The hundreds of millions of dollars in savings from planned cuts to the research and development tax incentive should be reinvested in direct support for Australian innovation, according to...

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