For Labor that council is one of the proud legacies of the Hawke–Keating era, part of the same period of progress, remarkable progress that gave us the research and development tax incentive, the cooperative research centres, and indeed Questacon, and for the first time that understanding, the understanding that science needs a comprehensive national strategy. Here is an edited summary.īill Shorten: A new Labor government will restore the Prime Minister's Science and Innovation Council. We shall have more in a future Science Show, but here are the essentials: federal funding to go up from 1.8% of GDP (as you know we are outclassed by most other leading nations) to 3% the re-emergence of a Science Council and a review body led by some real stars of research. In a major address, the opposition leader presented both a philosophy for R&D and some definite initiatives. Robyn Williams: Bill Shorten at the Academy of Science on Wednesday. Science is central to answering this question of a vision of the future of our nation in 2030.
I want to be able to explain to the Australian people where we see this country in 2030 and beyond, and what are our national priorities. Bill Shorten: This is nation I believe is hungry for a political discourse which travels beyond the short term and the quick fix, the eight-second grab on the television news.
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