Tag: Alan Finkel

Good news and bad for R&D tax

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If you are a company that has claimed taxpayer support for software development via the R&D Tax Incentive in the past several years, there is both good news and...

ISA report sets new benchmark

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The sector’s most senior advisory board Innovation and Science Australia has unveiled a landmark review that tells us much about what we already know: We are pretty good at research...

Hunt to unveil new mid-tier fund

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Industry Minister Greg Hunt will today unveil a new capital funding scheme for local mid-sized companies and scale-up enterprises as part of a recalibration of the National Innovation and...

Turnbull’s board goes heavy on VC

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Malcolm Turnbull’s powerful new Innovation and Science Australia Board is heavy on venture capital and entrepreneurial representation and goes light on science and tertiary and institutional research. And it...

Are there no women in Camelot?

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The list of senior leadership appointments to the Commonwealth’s innovation infrastructure is impressive, bringing a diversity of business and commercial experience to the roles that had perhaps been lacking....

The Interview: Karen Andrews

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Assistant Minister for Science Karen Andrews says there should be a discussion in Australia about nuclear power in relation to the nation’s energy requirements for the future. A couple...

PM appoints new Chief Scientist

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The Prime Minister has clearly got the man he wanted as the nation’s new Chief Scientist with the appointment of Dr Alan Finkel, who can claim not only a...