Publications 

This page provides links to a range of documents recently published by (or for) the Department.

Please note, however, that it does not list all of our publications. If you are looking for a document that does not appear in the list, then you may wish to search for it through our search engine or by navigating to the relevant subject area (either from the red bar above or the site map link at the base of this page).

Additionally, if you are looking for a publication produced by one of our portfolio agencies, then you may wish to click on the link to the relevant site from the list of other Departmental and portfolio websites to the left of this page. Some of our publications and reports have also been archived on the National Library of Australia's PANDORA Web Archive.

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• Annual Reports
• Budget Information
• Economic Analysis/Statistical Reports
• Evaluation Reports
• Other Guides, Reports and Publications
• Recent Portfolio Reviews
• Strategic Plans
• Strategies and State-of-the-Industry Reports

 Annual Reports

• Annual Report 2008-09
• Previous Annual Reports 

Budget Information

• Budget 2010-11
• Previous Budgets

Economic Analysis/Statistical Reports

• Absorbing Innovation by Australian Enterprises: The Role of Absorptive Capacity
• Aspects of Skills Shortages and Innovation in Australian Business
• Biotech Business Indicators
• Collaboration and Innovation Novelty
• High Variation in R&D Expenditure by Australian Firms
• How R&D Tax Assistance Influences Company Behaviour
• Innovation, Growth and Policy in Low and Medium Tech Industries
• Key Automotive Statistics
• Population Ageing and Structural Adjustment
• Services Sector: Overview of Structural Change
• The R&D Tax Concession - Impact on the Firm
• Understanding the Role of Key Socio-Demographic Characteristics in Labour Force and Industry Employment Outcomes

Evaluation Reports

• Evaluation of business.gov.au
• Evaluation of the COMET Program
• Evaluation of the National Biotechnology Strategy
• Evaluation of the Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Program (P³) (.pdf, 849KB)
• R&D Tax Concession New Elements Evaluation Report

Other Guides, Reports and Publications

• Australia and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) (.pdf, 1.74MB)
• Business Continuity Guide for Australian Businesses
• Defence Industry Capability Directories
• For good measure: The making of Australia's measurement system
• Growing your business checklist
• Innovation Australia: Annual Report 2007-08
• Innovation in Australia: A guide to the Cooperative Research Centres Programme (.pdf, 535KB)
• Management Matters in Australia
• Starting your business checklist
• Reconciliation Action Plan

Recent Portfolio Reviews

• Australian Innovation System Report 2010
• Automotive Review
  This page includes links to the Review of Australia’s Automotive Industry and A New Car Plan for
  a Greener Future reports.
• Inspiring Australia: A national strategy for engaging with the sciences
  This report proposes a national strategy for public engagement that will help realise the goals articulated in Powering Ideas: An Innovation Agenda for the 21st Century.
• Review of the National Innovation System, including the Review of the CRC Program
  This page includes links to the following reports: Powering Ideas: an innovation agenda for the 21st century; Venturous Australia - building strength in innovation; and Collaborating to a purpose.
• Review of Questacon
• TCF Review
  This page includes links to the two volumes of the Building Innovative Capability report.

Strategic Plans

• Strategic Statement

Strategies and State-of-the-Industry Reports

• Industrial Biotechnology Strategy
• Pharmaceuticals Industry Strategy Group Final Report
• Pulp and Paper Industry Strategy Group Final Report March 2010
• Skills Audit of the Medical Devices Industry
• Strategic Roadmap for Australian Research Infrastructure (.pdf, 2.7MB)

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