{"id":2569,"date":"2019-04-30T15:29:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T15:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2019-04-30T15:29:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T15:29:23","slug":"greens-launch-science-and-research-policy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/04\/30\/greens-launch-science-and-research-policy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens launch science and research policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Greens science, research and innovation spokesperson Adam Bandt MP will today launch the Greens\u2019 policy to put Australia on a pathway to reaching 4% investment of GDP in science, research and innovation. Mr Bandt launched the policy today in his electorate at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia\u2019s oldest medical research institute.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Greens\u2019 plan injects $19.4 billion into the sector over the next decade, reversing funding cuts to key institutions, including the CSIRO, continued funding for the Medical Research Future Fund and over $2.5 billion for a suite of measures to support equitable and ongoing employment opportunities for researchers, including a \u2018Secure Work for Researchers\u2019 fund to assist universities and research institutes to transition their workers to ongoing, secure employment and targeted support for women in science.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Other policy measures in the package include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Creating a \u2018Protecting Science\u2019 package, consisting of a $2.557 billion boost to the Australia Research Council, National Health &amp; Medical Research Council, and Cooperative Research Centres over the next decade;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Providing $185.1 million over the forwards to ensure Open Access Publishing of Government funded research.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Providing $60.2 million over the forwards to invest in strategic opportunities for international collaboration<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Improving the R&amp;D Tax Incentive by reversing millions of dollars of government cuts and providing a 20% non-refundable tax offset for companies that hire STEM PhD students to work in their field of expertise.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Quotes attributable to Mr. Bandt:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Greens want a strong research sector in Australia to help move away from the polluting industries of the past and deliver the jobs of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAfter six years of neglect and cuts from an anti-science Coalition government, we\u2019ll improve access to information, foster international collaboration, protect key research institutions and fund the research and innovation Australia needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe must make life and work more secure for our researchers. We also need to do more to support women who take time out of the science and research workforce to have children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBy winding back unfair tax breaks to big polluters and big corporations, we can invest $19.4b into science, research and innovation to set us up for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAustralia is lagging behind. Commonwealth investment in research and development is at its lowest level in 40 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe old parties are stuck in the past. They\u2019re addicted to the donations of old, entrenched and polluting industries so they don\u2019t have the vision or the ability to usher in the jobs and industries of the future.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis plan will put Australia on a path to joining other advanced countries that spend 4% of GDP on research and development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greens science, research and innovation spokesperson Adam Bandt MP will today launch the Greens\u2019 policy to put Australia on a pathway to reaching 4% investment of GDP in science, research and innovation. Mr Bandt launched the policy today in his electorate at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia\u2019s oldest medical research &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/04\/30\/greens-launch-science-and-research-policy-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Greens launch science and research policy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}