Science and Technology Australia proposes a science and technology led recovery

The peak lobby’s new budget submission calls for “strategic investments to drive jobs growth,” including;

* research-translation fund to transform research into products and services

* more money for industry-connected research programmes, such as the CRC P programme

* a 20 per cent premium for the Research and Development Tax Incentive to encourage business to work with public research

* a six-month extension for postgrad researchers (presumably to assist those whose work is stalled by COVID-19)

* more resources for the Chief Scientist, to assist government decision-making with “rapid real-time evidence”