WA inquiry backs state R&D target, split on chief entrepreneur


Brandon How
Reporter

The Western Australian government should consider setting an official target for the state’s research and development expenditure, a ten-month parliamentary innovation inquiry has recommended. But it could not agree on a popular proposal to bring in a state chief entrepreneur.

The inquiry’s report, tabled on Tuesday, highlighted that businesses in the state have one of the lowest proportions of research and development expenditure among Australian jurisdictions and is now less …

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