SCIENCE AND STATE – AUSTRALIA

Turnbull’s bright idea: $1bn to drive innovation

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Original article by Philip Hudson, Sid Maher
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 7-Dec-15

A capital gains tax exemption for investors in business start-ups will be included in the Australian Government’s innovation and science statement, which will be launched on 7 December 2015. Meanwhile, a new cabinet committee will be responsible for co-ordinating the government’s expenditure on research and science, while the CSIRO will receive around $A100m in additional funding. The package is also believed to include measures aimed at encouraging more people to study sciences, technology, ­engineering and mathematics.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, CSIRO, DATA61, NATIONAL ICT AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE, OZEMAIL LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, BUSINESS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRALIA, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Coalition plans innovative tax breaks

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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

Researchers cut at Ebola laboratory

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Original article by Nicky Phillips, Phillip Thomson, Bridie Smith
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 7 : 15-Aug-14

The Australian Government’s May 2014 Budget contained funding cuts of $A111m over four years for the CSIRO research body. It has now been claimed by the CSIRO Staff Association that as many as eight researchers will be made redundant at its Australian Animal Health Laboratory. The facility in Geelong is the only one in the nation equipped to handle live samples of dangerous viruses such as ebola. The cuts are criticised by Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre director Mark Walker and Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty. Kurt Zuelke, director of the Biosecurity Flagship at CSIRO, says research on the Hendra virus and avian influenza will remain unaffected

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CSIRO, CSIRO. AUSTRALIAN ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY, CSIRO STAFF ASSOCIATION, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND. AUSTRALIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE, NOBEL FOUNDATION