Tag: STA

Chalmers faces deep tech backlash over RDTI overhaul

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A coalition of research groups, accelerators and incubators have united to urge the Albanese government to rethink changes to the R&D Tax Incentive that will limit refundability to startups...

Real govt R&D spending plummets: Latest ABS data

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Government investment in computer science fell by $112 million in the last two years amid the slowest overall growth in direct government R&D expenditure in five years, new data...

A mass exodus of science and technology workers is underway

Posted on   |  by Ryan Winn
This time last year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers spoke about five ‘seismic changes’ reshaping the world in his federal Budget speech. Shifts from globalisation to fragmentation, hydrocarbons to renewables, IT...

‘Sends the wrong signal’: Research sector blasts AEA axing

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Science and research groups have hit out at the federal government’s shock decision to scrap Australia’s Economic Accelerator, saying the abrupt end to the program will hurt commercialisation efforts....

Australia to join $155bn Horizon Europe research pool

Posted on   |  by James Riley
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says Australia’s plan to join the giant Horizon Europe innovation program will help underpin research cooperation across key sectors, from quantum computing...

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...

Budget 2026: Govt’s rare chance to lay an innovation bedrock

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Science and research groups have urged the Albanese government to seize a rare policy reset opportunity to address a national R&D system at “breaking point”. In pre-budget submissions released...