The Australian Government's Innovation Report

Tables
Table 1: Australian Government support for science and innovation – in nominal terms, 1996-97 to 2006-07 18
Table 2: Number of publications produced by CSIRO – by type of publication, 2002 to 2005 32
Table 3: Intellectual property generated by CSIRO – by type of intellectual property, 2002 to 2006 32
Table 4: Numbers of staff and post doctorates in CSIRO, 2003 to 2006 33
Table 5: Research training in CSIRO, 2003 to 2006 33
Table 6: Number of firms using the R&D Tax Offset and 175% Premium Concession, 2001-02 to 2004-05 44
Table 7: Size distribution of Commercial Ready grants, 2005-06 61
Table 8: Commercial Ready grants awarded, 2005-06 61
Table 9: Sectoral distribution of Commercial Ready grants, 2005-06 62
Table 10: Backing Australia’s Ability 2000 additional targeted university places, 2002 to 2005 86
Table 11: Regional point of origin of Endeavour IPRS recipients, 2004 89
Table 12: Endeavour IPRS higher degree by research fields of study, 2004 89
Table 13: Australian Innovation Scorecard 2006 123
Table 14: Comparison of Australia’s performance in the 2006, 2004 and 2002 Scorecards 125
Figures
Figure 1: Percentage change in the Australian 2004 and 2006 scorecard values compared
to the percentage change between the 2002 and 2004 scorecard values 126
Figure 2: Australia’s innovation performance in the 2006 scorecard compared to the OECD average 128
Figure 3: Australian innovation performance compared to OECD average 2002, 2004 & 2006 scorecards 129
Figure 4: Australia’s innovation performance compared to the OECD leader, 2006 scorecard 130
Figure 5: Public expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP compared to the OECD average 131
Figure 6: Number of scientific and technical articles per million population compared to the OECD average 132
Figure 7: Number of US patents per million population compared to the OECD average 132
Figure 8: Business expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP compared to the OECD average 133
Figure 9: Percentage of the workforce with a tertiary education compared to the OECD average 134
Figure 10: Number of researchers per 10 000 labour force compared to the OECD average 134
Figure 11: Number of science graduates in employment per 100 000 employed 25-34 year olds
compared to the OECD average 135
Figure 12: Investment in venture capital as a percentage of GDP compared to the OECD average 135
Figure 13: Investment in ICT as a percentage of business sector gross fixed capital formation
compared to the OECD average 136
Figure 14: Internet users per 1000 people compared to the OECD average 136
Figure 15: Broadband subscribers per 1000 population compared to the OECD average 137
Figure 16: Investment in new equipment as a percentage of GDP compared to the OECD average 138
Figure 17: Percentage of innovating business with collaboration activity compared to the EU average 138
Figure 18: Breadth of international science and engineering collaboration compared to the OECD average 139
Figure 19: Average annual growth in multi-factor productivity 1999-2003 compared to the OECD average 139
Figure 20: Percentage turnover from new goods and services for product innovators compared to
the EU average 140
Figure 21: Percentage of innovating businesses in the economy compared to the EU average 141
Figure 22: Percentage of businesses using the internet to sell goods and services compared to the
OECD average 141
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