Universities Australia has submitted its response on the Government’s R&D Tax Incentive exposure draft, outlining four recommendations that affect startups, SMEs and research-intensive businesses in Australia. Universities Australia (UA) published its response…
The ATO will collect passenger movement data on about 115,000 people a year to 2028–29, giving it an independent record of when founders and researchers were actually in Australia. The Australian Taxation…
The ATO will stop accepting credit-card payments after 30 November 2026, and any payment plan still linked to a card will fail if you don’t switch it. The Australian Taxation Office will…
The government’s rework of the R&D Tax Incentive lifts the top refund rate to 48 per cent and gives medical technology firms extra years to qualify, but research groups say new restrictions…
Government grants can feel impossible to crack. You know the money is out there. Finding the program where your business actually fits the government’s priorities, the “Goldilocks Zone” is what separates a…
The exposure draft is the first legislative detail of the 2026–27 Budget R&D package. It proposes higher offsets for eligible core R&D activities, lifts the refundable turnover threshold to $50 million, narrows…
The plan aims to close Australia’s long-standing gap between research and commercialisation, backing sovereign manufacturing, regional AgTech and small business AI adoption across the state. The Queensland Government has committed close to…
The Minns government wants to co-invest with universities to turn research into startups, though the money won’t move until after the next state election. NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey announced a $150 million…
A practical guide to grants, the R&D Tax Incentive and commercialisation support for Australian businesses building and scaling new technology. Innovation funding is any structured route that helps your business cover the…
From manufacturing to medtech, the sectors reinventing themselves the fastest are also the ones claiming the most out of a $16 billion-a-year tax incentive scheme, and the news is that the rules…