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Labor ‘hypocrisy’ on R&D: Andrews

Industry Minister Karen Andrews says Labor’s “half-baked” plan to offer a tax off-set premium for companies that collaborate with universities and science agencies would only benefit big business, and...

Kim Carr gets back into car making

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Kim Carr has doubled down on Labor’s support for the local electric vehicles sector, announcing a $57 million pledge to help build a new local automotive industry centred on...

$170m boost for R&D tax scheme

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor will offer businesses an R&D tax offset premium for collaborating with universities and science-based agencies like the CSIRO to bring new knowledge and innovations to market. The...

Labor takes $20m aim at space

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor says it will splash $20 million to establish a space industry cluster in the NSW regional suburb of Jerrabomberra, located just over the border with the Australian Capital...

Science must be our policy centre

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor’s R&D target of three per cent of GDP in the coming decade requires science to be “back at the centre of government,” says shadow industry minister Kim Carr, together...

$10m boost for climate science

Posted on   |  by Seamus Byrne
Labor has unveiled new funding for CSIRO-led climate research at an election doorstop on Friday. Shadow industry spokesman Kim Carr, announced the promised boost at the CSIRO Climate Science...

Labor plans R&D startup exemption

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor will move to further exempt startups from planned cuts to the research and development tax incentive if it wins the upcoming federal election. In the first concrete confirmation...

Growth Centre review is shelved

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
With the federal government now in caretaker mode ahead of the May poll, the Department of Industry has quietly shelved the public release of its Industry Growth Centres performance...

An innovation shy Shorten reply

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Shadow industry minister Kim Carr spent Wednesday chiding his government counterpart – the Minister for Industry, Science and Research Karen Andrews – because she “couldn’t even get the word...

Research grants to be reviewed

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
A future Shorten Government has promised it will end political interference in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) grants process. “Bill Shorten has declared that if Labor wins the upcoming...