Tag: Science and Technology Australia

Trust the science, Australians tell policymakers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australians overwhelmingly trust scientists and want science to drive policy-making, according to a new report commissioned by the peak industry body, Science and Technology Australia. The 3M State of...

Aussie scientists’ call for long term policy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia must make a strategic decision to back its science and technology capabilities by nearly doubling total R&D investment, developing national strategies for emerging areas, and addressing an “alarming...

Science welcomes ‘future focused’ budget

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Peak organisations representing Australian scientists and engineers have welcomed the “future focused” budget,  but say the government has missed another opportunity for a clean energy revolution. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg...

Aussie science wants a ‘legacy defining’ budget

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Climate change mitigation, STEM education, and research commercialisation and funding are atop the budget wishlists of Australia’s scientists, engineers and medical researchers. They say this year’s budget could be...

Renewed calls for change to research investment

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The nation’s peak science lobby has renewed calls for a realignment of the R&D Tax Incentive that creates a premium to reward research collaboration as a way to improve...

Science calls for $2.4b research translation fund

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The nation’s peak science lobby has called on government to use the expected $2.4 billion in savings from changes to the Research and Development Tax Incentive to fund the...

Uni research gets $1b pandemic survival injection

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
Australia’s university research sector has been given a $1 billion pandemic survival injection in the budget while a new government study will scope out the potential of a translational...