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Accelerating hypersonic research in Aust

Like quantum computing or fusion energy generation, for a long time hypersonics has jokingly been described as a technology of the future which will always be a technology of...

Albo’s science and innovation recovery

24 June 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The government’s planned cuts to research and development will hamper Australia’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, while tax incentives for R&D should be paid out early, Labor leader...

Albo’s post-COVID focus on innovation

15 June 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity to refocus on innovation and science, Opposition leader Anthony Albanese says, but a major cultural change is needed to get the general public...

COVID-19: Impact on China’s science policy

6 March 2020 | by Stuart Finlayson

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, global science and policy communities are in flux. What does this mean for China’s science policy and funding? Or its international research...

Staff cap part of ‘war on science’

9 October 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The government-imposed staffing cap at its primary science agency has put innovation “under threat”, according to the Opposition. The Coalition’s Average Staffing Level cap, introduced in 2015-16 with an...

David Thodey on the science of growth

24 September 2019 | by James Riley

CSIRO chairman David Thodey has cautioned government and business alike against tightening research and innovation budgets in the face of Australia’s somewhat anaemic economic outlook. After the 27 years...

Science reacts to Coalition victory

23 May 2019 | by James Riley

Both Science & Technology Australia and the Australian Academy of Science have released statements on the re-election of the Coalition government, welcoming the government and seeking to strengthen science...

Local lessons from USA’s ARPA-E

21 May 2019 | by Don Scott-Kemmis

Australia has developed a reasonably strong research system but a weak innovation system – and as there has not been a good diagnosis of the problem, much innovation policy does...

Election promises get science heavy

16 May 2019 | by James Riley

Science policy is not usually the issue on which Australia turns would be an understatement. But at the 2019 election, the science discussion has been surprisingly robust – especially...

US-China spat moves to science

16 May 2019 | by James Riley

Escalating economic and geopolitical competition between the US and China has sharpened this past week, manifested in a raft and new trade tariffs and increasingly hostile rhetoric from President...

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