Tag: science

Reaction: Industry hails ‘multi-generational opportunity’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Tech industry and science professional groups have cheered the release of the Strategic Review of R&D as a “multi-generational opportunity” to fix long-standing weaknesses in Australia’s research and commercialisation...

Queensland launches innovation strategy refresh ahead of Olympics

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Queensland government has started work on a new statewide science and innovation strategy, kicking off public consultation on a plan centered around capability, connections and commercialisation. The two-month...

$233m MYEFO boost won’t save CSIRO researchers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An almost quarter of a billion-dollar injection into the CSIRO won’t save up to 350 research jobs the agency is planning to cut, with the new funding instead going...

Claire Chandler returns in shadow Cyber and Science portfolios

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler has returned to the shadow ministry with responsibilities for Cyber Security and Science as part of a frontbench reshuffle unveiled on Sunday. Opposition leader Sussan...

Scientists warn capability chasm threatens future generations

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A “collapsing pipeline” of skilled workers and a policy quagmire threatens Australia’s ability to meet intergenerational challenges like the ageing population and technological disruption, according to one of the...

No quick fix for our broken system of research funding

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is worth digging a little deeper into the important contribution that Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt and UNSW Scientia Professor of Economics Richard Holden made in their National Press...

Aussie scientists plot US ‘brain gain’ as a Trump dividend

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian scientists have hatched a plan to recruit and repatriate US-based counterparts fleeing President Trump’s multi-billion-dollar research purge with competitive relocation packages. The Australian Academy of Science on Thursday...

Labor pledges $100m boost to Perth science centre

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Science minister Ed Husic has dangled a $100 million upgrade to Perth’s largest science education centre if the Albanese government is re-elected, but says it will be up to...