The Prime Minister has echoed his predecessor’s push to better commercialise Australian science, but says an important difference is the new government’s plan is accompanied with a commitment to...
Scientists have called on the government to “name and fame” the industry sectors leading Australia’s emissions reduction push, recommending the disclosure be added to Labor’s landmark climate change bill....
Australia has the talent and the capital to turn its science innovations into economic advantage at scale, according to the experts leading the current commercialisation push. But a culture...
Ed Husic has begun his leadership of the Industry and Science portfolio by thanking Australia’s scientists and promising to listen more, respect their advice to government, and build a...
Australian scientists are eagerly awaiting the result of Saturday’s election as a chance to reset Australia’s discovery research funding following recent bipartisan support for the research commercialisation it enables....
In the shadow of an imminent election, this year’s federal budget included some welcome investments for Australian innovation ecosystem, but didn’t go far enough, according to a panel of...
Australia’s peak science and technology body has joined university groups and unions in calling for the removal of ministerial veto powers over research funding, warning it is out of...
A strategic approach to science skills is needed to create a “new era of economic opportunity” built on the federal government’s $2.2 billion research commercialisation plan, the president of...
Australia’s peak science lobby has called on government to “double down” on its research and development investment to raise it to 3 per cent of GDP in order to...
The peak science group has urged the federal government to reconsider its plan to tie most collaborative research funding to manufacturing priorities, warning the change could make some Centres...