On Wednesday 3 May, the federal government released Australia’s first National Quantum Strategy. Australian investment in quantum technologies is urgently needed, says Industry Minister Ed Husic, Australia led the world in offering postgraduate quantum physics qualifications 30 years ago, and today has more than 20 world-leading quantum companies operating in the country, but Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic warned that Australia can’t afford to be “left behind in a post-quantum world” amid unprecedented global geostrategic competition. The National […]
May 2023 will mark the Labor government’s second budget in this term, as the budget moves back to its traditional May timing. Leading into the budget time, whether the R&D Tax Incentive is effective, or should be tinkered with (including by changing it to a grant or Government assessment/merit system, rather than broad based self assessment) is often raised by some in the media, politics or academia. An article published by the AFR in late March 2023 included comments from […]
Perth based Hazer Group Limited is a pioneering ASX-listed technology development company undertaking the commercialisation of the HAZER® Process, a low-emission hydrogen and graphite production process. The company’s process enables the effective conversion of natural gas and similar feedstocks, into hydrogen and high quality graphite, using iron ore as a process catalyst. In April 2023 the company announced to the ASX that there was an approval of its R&D Tax Offset refund of $9.45M for the FY22 period following engagement […]
Companies seeking to register R&D Activities conducted during the Year Ended 30 June 2022 (companies that have a standard YE for tax) who are yet to do so should note that the standard Registration Deadline is 10 Months after YE, and 30 APRIL 2023. The blanket and automatic extensions granted during COVID do NOT apply any longer or for FY22 claims. Ausindustry has recently announced that, due to interaction of weekends and public holidays with the day of the standard Registration Deadline for the FY22 […]