Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian government expressed its overwhelming support for science in this year’s budget. It included an extra $3.1 billion for research and innovation. The total research and innovation budget for 2009-10 will be around $8.6 billion. That is a 25 per cent increase on last year. It is the biggest commitment and the biggest increase on record. We have $1.1 billion for the Super Science initiatives, which involve building state-of-the-art infrastructure to support scientific research in Australia’s areas of strength, including astronomy and space science, marine and climate change and science that will drive the development of future industries. These new investments will fuel the new inventions and discoveries. (Time expired)