Budget 2009-10 

The Australian Government announced its 2009-10 Budget on Tuesday, 12 May 2009. This page contains announcements and Budget information relating to the Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Portfolio.

Media Releases

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• Setting the Innovation Agenda to 2020
• A $3.1 Billion Investment in New Ideas Industries and Jobs
• A New Era for Australian Universities
• Investing in Tertiary Education and Research Infrastructure
• Investing in Productivity and Sustainability
• $4.5 Billion Clean Energy Initiative
• Supporting World Class University Research
• Delivering Fairer Indexation for Universities
• Super Science Initiative
• Super Science Space and Astronomy
• Super Science Marine and Climate Initiative
• Super Science Future Industries
• Budget 2009 Providing Certainty for National ICT Australia
• R&D Tax Credit to Boost Business Investment
• Making Ideas Reality: Commonwealth Commercialisation Institute
• Building Innovation in Textiles Clothing and Footwear
• Budget Boosts Small Business Incentives and Support by More Than $500 Million
• Small Business Tax Break Boost

2009-10 Portfolio Budget Statements

The Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) are available below in both PDF and RTF format.

The Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES) were tabled on Thursday, 26 November 2009 and are available in both PDF and Word format from the PAES 2009-10 page.

Budget Fact Sheets

The Budget Fact Sheets are available below in PDF format or as HTML webpage.

Powering Ideas - An Innovation Agenda for the 21st Century

On 12 May 2009, the Australian Government released its innovation policy agenda to 2020.

Powering Ideas: an innovation agenda for the 21st century

More information is available about the Review of the National Innovation System.

2009-10 Science and Innovation Budget Tables

The Australian Government's Science and Innovation Budget tables can be downloaded in a Download PDF version (42.9KB) or in an Excel version (116KB).

Further information on the Australian Government's 2009-10 Budget can be found at http://www.budget.gov.au/.

Information about previous Budgets can be accessed from the Previous Budgets page.