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Fuse RDTI and NRF to drive research investment: Go8

The multibillion-dollar R&D tax incentive should be expanded to offer equity and debt financing from the National Reconstruction Fund to businesses that collaborate with local research institutions, the Group of...

A Future Made in Australia needs a research reset

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government’s flagship industry policy is at risk of being undermined by plummeting investment in research and development, Australia’s universities and research groups are warning ahead of Tuesday’s...

Ring fence basic research funding in ARC overhaul

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Government funding for blue sky research should be protected by a legislated ring-fence in order to reverse decades of decline and to “feed the very beginning” of the innovation...

Unis call for national research and innovation agency

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s research heavy universities have called for a new national innovation agency and research strategy as part of generational higher education reforms, warning institutions can’t keep taking a 45...

Unis demand slice of NRF to fund more commercialisation

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund should be used to rebalance the way Australian research and development has been supported in Australia after a decade of business tax...

Uni researchers call for big changes at the ARC

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A year on from the political interference scandal that rocked the Australian Research Council, university and research groups are backing an overhaul of the agency, recommending better governance, clearer...

Go8 unis seek IT skills fixes for national summit

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Leaders from Australia’s tech and university sectors will meet in Melbourne on Friday for an urgent discussion on developing Australia’s information technology workforce ahead of next week’s national jobs...

Jason Clare’s long road to the Education portfolio

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Higher education and research stakeholders have issued a warm welcome to Australia’s newest Education minister Jason Clare, despite his arrival coming as a surprise to many. Groups say they...

Unis and union unimpressed with election campaign

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
University groups have mixed reviews of the 2022 election campaign, with some seeing promise in commercialisation and tech policies from major parties, and others lamenting the lack of focus...