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Abbreviations (PDF format)
Executive Summary (PDF format)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF format)
Definitional issues
R&D and economic growth
The rationale for government support of
R&D
The Australian science and technology system
Summary of federal government R&D support
programs
Public policy changes in the past decade
National Competition Policy
The inquiry
Chapter 2 - The level of R&D undertaken (PDF format)
Australia's R&D performance
The fall in business expenditure on R&D
since 1996-97
The effect of policy changes on the level
of R&D
Will policy changes drive R&D offshore?
Should R&D subsidies be repaid when firms
move overseas?
Loss of "critical mass" for R&D
Sectoral research bodies
The Energy Research and Development Corporation
(ERDC)
The Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) program
Lack of adequate data
Chapter 3 - The type of R&D undertaken (PDF format)
The role of basic research
The effect of policy changes on the type
of R&D
Relevance of the R&D to industry
Long-term and "public good" R&D
A "stocktake" of long-term and public good
R&D?
Certain policy changes in public sector
R&D
External earnings targets
Competitive neutrality
Research infrastructure and equipment
Outsourcing
The need to retain "in-house" expertise
Outsourcing and health research
Chapter 4 - R&D and the university sector (PDF format)
Categories of research
R&D funding
Federal government funding
Operating grants
Competitive grants
Funding of university research infrastructure
Non-government sources of funding
Relationship between industry and universities
Formal linkage programs
Strategic Partnerships with Industry Research
and Training
Research Centres
Employment
Science and engineering
Chapter 5 - R&D investment - incentives and impediments (PDF format)
The R&D tax concession
Should the concession be increased?
Administrative requirements and eligibility
criteria
The R&D Start program
Competitive grants schemes - advantages
and disadvantages
Access to venture capital
Syndication
The Innovation Investment Fund
Pooled Development Funds
Capital gains tax
Chapter 6 - Some additional issues (PDF format)
Qualifications of Australian managers and
financiers
Streamlined programs and advisory structures
Long-term policy stability
Appendix 1 - List of submissions (PDF format)
Appendix 2 - List of exhibits (PDF format)
Appendix 3 - Witnesses at public hearings (PDF format)
Index (PDF format)
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