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Aussie scientists’ call for long term policy

Australia must make a strategic decision to back its science and technology capabilities by nearly doubling total R&D investment, developing national strategies for emerging areas, and addressing an “alarming...

Science welcomes ‘future focused’ budget

12 May 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Peak organisations representing Australian scientists and engineers have welcomed the “future focused” budget, but say the government has missed another opportunity for a clean energy revolution. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg...

Aussie science wants a ‘legacy defining’ budget

10 May 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Climate change mitigation, STEM education, and research commercialisation and funding are atop the budget wishlists of Australia’s scientists, engineers and medical researchers. They say this year’s budget could be...

Renewed calls for change to research investment

30 April 2021 | by James Riley

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...

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