Coalition plans innovative tax breaks

Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 28-Oct-15

Innovation Minister Christopher Pyne has indicated that tax measures will be a focus of the Australian Government’s innovation statement. The statement will propose measures aimed at encouraging greater collaboration between science and industry. Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry CEO Kate Carnell has stressed the need for greater co-operation between the business sector and universities.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE, AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SCIENTIST, CSIRO, ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Tax breaks to be reintroduced

Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 13-Oct-14

The Australian Government will unveil its National Industry Investment and Competitiveness Agenda on 14 October 2014. The policy includes unwinding the Australian Labor Party’s changes to regulations governing employee share schemes and changes to the significant investor scheme to ensure that money is invested in sectors of the economy where it is needed. The Government will also encourage greater co-operation between the business and education sectors

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, BUSINESS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SCIENTIST