Tag: science

David Thodey on the science of growth

Posted on   |  by James Riley
CSIRO chairman David Thodey has cautioned government and business alike against tightening research and innovation budgets in the face of Australia’s somewhat anaemic economic outlook. After the 27 years...

Science reacts to Coalition victory

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Both Science & Technology Australia and the Australian Academy of Science have released statements on the re-election of the Coalition government, welcoming the government and seeking to strengthen science...

Local lessons from USA’s ARPA-E

Posted on   |  by Don Scott-Kemmis
Australia has developed a reasonably strong research system but a weak innovation system – and as there has not been a good diagnosis of the problem, much innovation policy does...

Election promises get science heavy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Science policy is not usually the issue on which Australia turns would be an understatement. But at the 2019 election, the science discussion has been surprisingly robust – especially...

US-China spat moves to science

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Escalating economic and geopolitical competition between the US and China has sharpened this past week, manifested in a raft and new trade tariffs and increasingly hostile rhetoric from President...

Labor pledge $7.5m for SKA telescope

Posted on   |  by James Riley
An elected Labor government would provide $7.5 million towards a major telescope project in Western Australia in a “white coat meets blue collar” policy announcement. The funding will be...

$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...

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...

Budget concerns for science leaders

Posted on   |  by James Riley
While the Coalition budget’s science announcements hold one marquee boost to the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), there was precious little to impress science leaders in other areas and...