Summary of 2009–10 federal Budget analysis
Analysis of the 2009–2010 federal science Budget and the white paper ‘Powering ideas’.
The 2009–2010 science Budget represents important initial steps toward the goals expressed in the Academy’s 2007 publication, Research and innovation in Australia: a policy statement.
Along with the Budget, the Government released its white paper Powering ideas: an innovation agenda for the 21st century.
A brief assessment is provided about the extent to which Powering ideas and the Budget measures are consistent with the Academy’s vision and priorities as articulated in the 2007 policy statement.
