Kim Carr
News and interviews on Kim Carr including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Innovation Minister Kim Carr to attack "second-rate research" after report highlights weaknessesWednesday, 02 February 2011
Federal Industry and Innovation Minister Kim Carr says he has warned Australia's university chiefs that they need to pick up their game in crucial research areas such as education, business and management, after a report into Australia's research efforts found ...
R&D tax credit scheme delayed again as critics call for changes
Friday, 26 November 2010
Critics of Industry Minister Kim Carr's R&D tax credit scheme have called for the Government to submit the bill to another review, after the Government conceded it will have to wait until early 2011 to get the bill through the Senate. ...
ELECTION 2010: Liberals say SMEs should help pay for government assistance programs
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Innovation Minister Kim Carr has slammed a Coalition plan to operate some business assistance programs on a fee-for-services basis, and says the Liberal's 15-point innovation policy is "lightweight and confused". ...
Solar sector furious after Gillard robs industry to fund new cash-for-clunkers deal
Monday, 26 July 2010
The solar industry is fuming after the Government announced it will strip $220 million from the Solar Flagship program in order to promote a new Cash for Clunkers deal to get more than 200,000 pre-1995 cars off the roads. ...
ELECTION 2010: The 10 big issues for business
Monday, 19 July 2010
We're less than three days into the 2010 Federal Election campaign but business voters are already seeing some big differences emerging between Labor and the Coalition. ...
Australia’s best government grants
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
If there’s one thing businesses like more than winning a new deal, it’s free money. Countless SMEs have been able to accelerate their growth plans, enter new markets and develop new products by accessing much-needed government grants and support programs. ...
R&D tax break farce: Business seeks clarification as Government fails to get new scheme in place for July 1 start date
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Business groups are calling on the Federal Government to urgently clarify whether its controversial R&D tax credit scheme will come into force as planned on July 1, after the legislation backing the new scheme failed to pass the Senate last week. ...
Government must delay new R&D tax credit scheme for 12 months: Expert
Thursday, 03 June 2010
A host of "unanswered questions" hanging over the Rudd Government's new research and development tax credit scheme should force the Government to abandon its July 1 start date for the scheme and delay it for 12 months, KPMG tax expert David Gelb says. ...
Experts continue to slam new R&D tax credit scheme, but Government says it’s a world beater
Monday, 31 May 2010
The fate of Federal Industry Minister Kim Carr's new research and development tax credit system hangs in the balance, with the Government still encountering stiff opposition to the scheme with just one month until it is due to be in place. ...
FEDERAL BUDGET 2010: A sector-by-sector guide
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
The Federal Budget is short on big-ticket spending initiatives, but full of smaller, targeted measures designed to give specific sectors a boost. ...
Government rules out further changes to R&D tax credit system
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Industry groups appear to have lost their battle to force further changes to the Government's R&D tax credit system, with Federal Industry Minister Kim Carr planning to introduce the legislation into Parliament on Thursday. ...
R&D tax incentive still too restrictive and complex: Expert
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
A leading expert on research and development assistance says the Government's revised R&D tax incentive plan is still too complex and will mean many firms will find access to R&D incentives is blocked. ...
Government announces IT supplier advocate to help SMEs win contract work
Thursday, 04 March 2010
The IT industry is being provided with a broker and spokesperson to help SMEs gain information about Government contracts which they normally could not access, Senators Kim Carr and Kate Lundy have announced. ...
High cost of help
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Yesterday afternoon we got an email from Federal Industry Minister Kim Carr, claiming the Liberals were set to cut industry assistance for the automotive and textile, clothing and footwear sectors, following comments from Shadow Treasurer, Joe Hockey. ...
Global forces
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Federal Industry Minster Kim Carr has spent a lot of time, effort and taxpayers funds trying to help the automotive industry and the textile, clothing and footwear sector in the past couple of years. ...
COMET closes its doors
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
The highly successful COMET program will be shut to new applicants within days as the Federal Government continues to make drastic changes to innovation funding and programs. ...
Supercomputer unveiled in Canberra
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Australia's most powerful computer has been revealed in Canberra, in what scientists are calling a landmark event for the future of scientific research. ...
Missed management
Friday, 06 November 2009
As the US celebrates the Fed's reassurance that the worst is over, the Republicans win a couple of seats that confirm that the Congress will now be in gridlock and the stock market follows the square root sign by bouncing around the 10,000 mark, Australian ...
New Government commercialisation program will provide grants of up to $2 million
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
The Federal Government will launch its new Commercialisation Australia funding body early next year, with grants of $250,000 available for proof of concept activities and repayable grants of up to $2 million for early stage commericalisation. ...
New Government commercialisation program will provide grants of up to $2 million
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
The Federal Government will launch its new Commercialisation Australia funding body early next year, with grants of $250,000 available for proof of concept activities and repayable grants of up to $2 million for early stage commericalisation. ...
